Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
We’re getting real close. It’s been an incredibly vital and fruitful year for music. I’ve bought as much jazz and experimental records as I have anything, which made me think I should cut these lists up into separate posts. Making a top 50 with everything together seemed daunting, so splitting them up made it a […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums Of 2025 : All The RestCausa Sui hit – to my ears at least – a career high with last year’s excellent From The Source. It picked up where 2020’s Szabodelico left off. Szabodelico was steeped in tropicalia vibes; clean guitar lines, moody keys, and delicate percussion and bass gave the album a very vibe-heavy feel. A sound that was […]
Read More Causa Sui : In FluxNot gonna lie, this whole end of democracy thing is bumming me out. Watching the dismantling of government protections via a bitter old Mr. Magoo and a petulant man-child isn’t doing much for my anxiety and deep-seeded anger issues. Issues that I thought I had gotten in check over a decade of looking inward and […]
Read More Get Groovy With Causa Sui and “Boogie Lord’s Revenge”; New Album Out This SummerWhat better way to break in the new year than with a brand new live album from Denmark’s reigning kings of fuzzed-out psych rock Causa Sui. For the past 20 years the quartet known as Causa Sui(Jonas Munk, Jess Kahr, Rasmus Rasmussen, Jakob Skøtt) have been worshipping at the alter of Blues For The Red […]
Read More Causa Sui : Loppen 2024If you’re a fan of Causa Sui, then you’ll know the featured photo is not an up to date shot of the Danish psych/prog/post/fuzz rockers. That’s because these cats have better things to do than update promo photos. What are those better things? I don’t know, like run one of the most prestigious and musically […]
Read More “Weird Telepathic Moments” : Causa Sui’s Jonas Munk And Jakob Skott Talk ‘From The Source’It’s been nearly 4 years since the mighty Danish rock quartet Causa Sui released their last album. In November of 2020 the band, which consists of Jonas Munk, Jess Kahr, Rasmus Rasmussen, and Jakob Skøtt, released the Gábor Szabó-influenced Szabodelico. It was a departure from the band’s previously psych-heavy explorations on albums like Vibraciones Doradas, […]
Read More Causa Sui Return With New LP ‘From The Source’, Out In June; Listen To Single “Sorcerer’s Disciple”September 11, 2021: A loud and electrifying return to the stage for Odense, Denmark’s psych behemoths Causa Sui. After spending a year and a half locked down during a worldwide pandemic, the Danish four-piece consisting of guitarist Jonas Munk, bassist Jess Kahr, keyboard player Rasmus Rasmussen, and drummer Jakob Skøtt hit the stage of famed […]
Read More Causa Sui : Loppen 2021At the heart of El Paraiso Records is the band Causa Sui. The four-piece rock band from Denmark made up of Jonas Munk(guitar), Rasmus Rasmussen(keys), Jess Kahr(bass), and Jakob Skøtt(drums). The label was the band’s home base, where they could release albums whenever they wanted and could explore any sonic avenues they wanted to. From […]
Read More Odense Vibes : 11 Years Of El Paraiso Records Part III(Causa Sui Edition)The world has been upside down and topsy turvy since the beginning of 2020. Health crisis, political turmoil, racial and civil unrest in city streets, and common sense being replaced by clickbait and conspiracy theories, the world seems to be in one hell of a sorry state. The one constant light throughout this year for […]
Read More Causa Sui : SzabodelicoIt’s been almost three years since we’ve heard from Causa Sui, the Danish four-piece powerhouse that hail from Odense, Denmark. That album, 2017s Vibraciones Doradas, was a tight but heavy follow-up to the behemoth that was Return To Sky. Five tracks of hazy psych and heady rock that would end that year on a very […]
Read More Causa Sui Returns November 13th With ‘Szabodelico’; Listen To “La Jolla”