Normanoak has another piece of vinyl to share with the world, a true follow up to last year’s A Double Gift of Tongues. This new album is called Estra, named after a powerful horned goddess whom Normanoak has been busy invoking recently in small performance spaces around the country. Everything was recorded in his bedroom in Bloomington, Indiana, on three different tape machines. The music on Estra shows more variety than any of his previous efforts. Chugging rock songs burn up into soft, dark dirges that feature a uniquely made-up language code. Screaming minute-long hardcore songs fade into freaky, fucked instrumentals. There is even a song which curses the current state government, and their excessive logging of Normanoak’s home forests of Southern Indiana. Throughout these 14 pieces, Normanoak takes on many personalities, such as his alter-ego Poisonoak. Over time the listener can begin to notice the shifts in perspective that the singer makes.
Normanoak is more than just another musician. His work is pure sorcery at its most successful.
The music is perfectly accompanied by the psychedelic watercolored drawings which adorn the LP jackets. Each one is completely different and all were painted by the talented kids of Normanoak’s Kindergarten class. The album is available officially on LP only, however there will be a very limited cassette release of the album, and of course all of the songs will be available for purchase on the internet. There will also be a DVD of two very special live performances of songs and skits taken from the album. Look for Normanoak to be playing around the United States and Europe this summer and fall, respectively.
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