Some news from Mandarones front! We just finished another session in Tartu studio with Remi Teras where we are recording the band's latest and rudest new album.
We are looking at YOU to stay tuned and cool!
This line-up brings together members from the past and present. While Aksel-Ain and Jaagup are our newest and younger members, our most dedicated fans know for sure about Kaspar and our album Catharsis we did together years ago. Of course, Rait is the original founding member and I've been in the band for 10 years as well or so.
From the left: Aksel-Ain Agan, Jaagup Kuusemaa, Timo Petmanson, Rait Pärnoja and Kaspar Kuntor (October 2025, Tartu, Estonia).
This new album is going to be really cool. In a way we are following in our compost-rock tradition and aim to bring a fresh mix of ideas and songs to the table. We all have put in a lot of work and can't wait until we have everything released.
Talking about the sounds, especially my own synth parts, I wanted to experiment more with psychedelic atmospheric sounds on this album, which I hopefully managed to deliver. That said, there will be a fair amount of rock organ and rhodes inspired sounds too.
We are really looking forward to releasing the album and hope to share it with all of y'all very very soon!