Doomgaze shooting stars E-L-R will join HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY on their European tour in April 2025. The Swiss trio will kick off their journey in Budapest on April 2. After performing in nine more countries, the final curtain of this road trip will fall closer to home at the L’Usine in the famous Swiss city of Geneva.
Please find all currently confirmed dates below.
E-L-R comment: “We are incredibly excited to announce that we will be joining Harakiri for the Sky on a European Tour in April 2025 – alongside a soon to be revealed special guest”, states bass player and vocalist I.R. on behalf of the trio. “We can hardly wait to meet you all on the road!”
E-L-R will be touring in support of their current album “Vexier”. Please find the album details below.
Shop link: http://lnk.spkr.media/elr-vexier
E-L-R Live
02 April 2025 Budapest (HU) Barba Negra
03 April 2025 Wien (AT) WUK
04 April 2025 München (DE) Backstage
05 April 2025 Warszawa (PL) Hybrydy
06 April 2025 Praha (CZ) Futurum Bar
07 April 2025 Leipzig (DE) UT Connewitz
08 April 2025 Berlin (DE) Lido
09 April 2025 Køpenhavn (DK) Lille Vega
10 April 2025 Esbjerg (DK) Tobakken
11 April 2025 Herford (DE) Kulturwerk
12 April 2025 Weiher (DE) Music Hall
13 April 2025 Köln (DE) Kantine
14 April 2025 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli Vredenburg
15 April 2025 Neunkirchen (DE) Gebläsehalle
16 April 2025 Paris (FR) La Machine du Moulin Rouge
17 April 2025 Zwolle (NL) Hedon
18 April 2025 Brugge (BE) Cactus Club
19 April 2025 Aarau (CH) Kiff
20 April 2025 Geneva (CH) L´Usine
Tracklist
1. Opiate the Sun
2. Three Winds
3. Seeds
4. Fleurs of Decay
5. Forêt
The simple strumming of a rhythm guitar slowly expands into an ever widening reverb space. Gentle voices arise in the background. A lead guitar on a high note begins to thread roots through the velvet darkness of opening track ‘Opiate The Sun’ of E-L-R‘s sophomore full-length “Vexier” until the rising pressure finds a way out and the rapidly expanding sound-growth bursts out into the sun.
The style of the Swiss has been dubbed ‘doomgaze’ and ‘post-metal’ and both terms apply loosely to the trio’s meandering, down-tempo doom-epics. E-L-R‘s hypnotic phrases that are constantly varied and warped in repeating loops are reminiscent of shamanic rituals imbued with psychedelic colours. The trio weaves a subtle tapestry with diligence and persistence that depicts a labyrinth full of intricate details and hidden treasures.
E-L-R lure and seduce the listener with glimpses of deeper meaning and the constant discovery of new layers that reveal further ones once peeled away. “Vexier” does not give up its secrets easily and there are many shifts and twists hiding in the shadows as implied by the title that derives from the Latin word “vexare” meaning “to plague, to irritate” and in German a ‘Vexierbild’ means a flip-flop image while in some dialects a ‘Vexier’ is a puzzle game. All of these layers of meaning find an echo on this album. What is heard on the first spin might morph into something different and reveal new sonic shapes with repeated listening.
E-L-R were conceived by bass-player I.R. and guitarist S.M., who both also took on vocal duties in the German Swiss city of Bern in 2016. They were soon joined by another friend, drummer M.K., whose emotive and intricate style proved to be the perfect fit. The release of their debut album “Mænad” (2019) was greeted with widespread acclaim by critics and fans alike, and led to invitations to tour with AMENRA, supports slots for WOLVENNEST, HANGMAN’S CHAIR, and DARK BUDDHA RISING among others, and festivals such as Up In Smoke and Prophecy Fest, while an appearance at the Beyond The Redshift Festival in London is scheduled for March 2022.
During the global live-break of 2020 and 2021, the Alpine dwellers used the time to hone their song-writing skill to a new level of cutting-edge precision and to concentrate on a focused recording of their second full-length “Vexier” which was recorded and mastered in their hometown Bern by Remo Häberli at Hidden Stash Studio.
With “Vexier”, E-L-R take another decisive step forward and invite the listener on an adventurous journey through their fascinating and multi-dimensional musical cosmos.
Release date: March 11, 2022
Line-up
S.M. – guitar, vocals
I.R. – bass, vocals
M.K. – drums
Guest musicians
Remo Häberli – additional guitars
BAZE – vocals & lyrics on ‘Forêt’
Produced by E-L-R & Remo Häberli
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Remo Häberli Hidden Stash Tonstudio (CH)
Sound designs by Remo Häberli
Music written by E-L-R
Lyrics by S.M.
Cover photography by Laura Petresc
Portraits by Ramon Lehmann
Layout & Design by S.M.
Style: Doomgaze
Shop link
http://lnk.spkr.media/elr-vexier
Available formats
“Vexier” is available as 180g dark green splatter vinyl LP (sold out), 180g black vinyl LP, and on Digipak CD.
Links
www.e-l-r.band
www.facebook.com/elrhaze
www.instagram.com/elr_band