I listen to music, every day, and lots of it. And a lot of different music. I have my favorite artists, genres and sounds as well as arists, genres and sounds I hate. Both would be too extensive to list here so I'll refrain from it for the time being.

To help me summarize the year in music I usually write down in a log the albums I've played or liked the most in the past week. This blog will mirror that log, perhaps with a little more info and aspects of a review. Anyway, enough talking, let's kick-start this thing with the current week.

Ljungblut - a lonely Seigmann

Ever since the break-up of the legendary Tønsberg-group Seigmen in 1999 I've been waiting to see if any of the former members could come up with something that would rival the greatness of that band. But, I'm sorry to say, the main Seigmen-offspring - Zeromancer - with three Seigmens in the line-up is not worth the time. Musically Zeromancer tries to copy the formula hammered out by Nine Inch Nails a decade earlier, without improving or changing it, and that just doesn't sound interesting anymore!

So, I had almost forgotten about Seigmen when I suddenly stumbled across an album by Ljungblut about a month ago. The name intrigued me. Could it be? And yes, it was the very first solo album by former Seigmen songsmith and guitarist: Kim Lung.

The album, released on Pleasuredisc records in a limited edition of 1000 copies, is titled "The Other Side of All Things" and is actually a double album!

Musically this is very different from the Zeromancer sound and also from Seigmen. Instead Kim has focused on acoustic sounds, on pure but melancholic melodies. And this is great stuff, probably written over a number of years but unfit for Zeromancer.

I've been playing it for a few weeks now and I'm impressed by the quality of the production and the melodies, Kim Ljung could certainly make a name for himself as a solo artist.