Z pobrežných útesov severokalifornského smaragdového trojuholníka gitarista / spevák / skladateľ PIET DALMOLEN s hrdosťou odhaľuje TIME STANDS STILL, svoje dlho očakávané debutové sólové LP k dispozícii 17. januára 2025.Pochváľajúc sa ôsmimi eklektickými kompozíciami, tento talizman rezonuje cez ambicióznu zmes vznešeného psychedelického rocku, duševného jazzného blues a indie-americkej.Bobbing a tkanie uprostred základnej chémie basov, bubnov a rôznych klávesníc, Pietova vynikajúca gitara a podhodnotené vokály sa spájajú, aby vytvorili hustú, silnú nádobu radosti a zraniteľnosti.

Dalmolen, veterán štúdiový inžinier a gitarista na dve desaťročia, v polovici augusta turné po celej krajine s jam upstarts Nucleus, a následne gigging s mnohými severnej Kalifornie kapely. V týchto dňoch je v DIY-mode cez viacero rolí pre tento intenzívne osobné vášeň projektu. Ably pomáhal Matt Engel na klávesniciach, Tommy Fitzmaurice na bubnách, a Ian Taylor na basy, TIME STANDS STILL bol sledovaný v niekoľkých reláciách v roku 2023 v Odyssey Studios, rustikálny krb umiestnený na praieri s výhľadom na Tichý oceán. Tu Piet Dalmolen bol schopný udržať svoje zameranie výlučne na kreativitu a vedenie kapely, a

Taking in stride some big personal life changes after the disruption of the pandemic, and as an enthusiastic new surfer, PIET DALMOLEN took a much-needed vacation to Maui in the summer of 2023. It was an influential trip for Piet that resulted in most of the music heard on TIME STANDS STILL. This intentional collection reveals a reluctant poet reawakened, mining inspiration from life’s trials and tribulations, and discovering knowledge of self amid the glorious environs of sacred Hawaiian Islands. Piet was staying in Lahaina when the dry hurricane winds swept the now infamous fires down from the mountain into town, and he fled on foot with guitar on his back, eventually hitchhiking to the airport.

PIET DALMOLEN had spent the previous 15 years gigging with other bands and playing covers, and while grateful to be playing regularly, it was a long dry spell from creating his own music. Feeling inspired to dive back in and with a wealth of new material, he picked his local dream team of musicians and watched it all fall into place.

“I love my band for their talent, aesthetic, and easy-going personalities,” says Piet. “The older I get the more I appreciate having the right people that I can rely on and have fun with, and thankfully they believe in my musical vision.”

TIME STANDS STILL was written, produced, mixed, and mastered all by PIET DALMOLEN. On this solo opening salvo, PIET DALMOLEN monologues abstract musings, illustrated with ruminations on love, loss, fatherhood, mortality, and new beginnings. Sturdy songcraft couched in a bare-bones analog aesthetic, the gritty grooves get drizzled with earthy textures and tasty guitar tones, whispering sweet melodies that make the eyes well up and chest weigh heavy. Music manifested in the wake of seismic change, waves of grief and personal evolution, TIME STANDS STILLtraverses a wide swath of emotional and sonic topography: Floydian dreamscapes, prog-scented improv, sizzling surf-rock, while touching a plethora of points between.

The track “Being” serves as a lyrical centerpiece. Piet wrote the first chorus on his hotel balcony anticipating the arrival of the Maui storm, and the second chorus on the plane ride home. “The pretty guitar coda is something that just came out of me the morning of the fires,” says Piet, “before we had any idea what was to come. And the wave sounds are my own field recording from the trip, not stock. It feels poetic to have them timelessly etched into a record that means so much to me.”