Dancing between post-hardcore, alternative and experimental rock genres, Budapest-based quintet Shell Beach deliver an incredibly eclectic rock album Solar Flare, out via Wild Thing Records on February 17th, 2023.
Initially formed in 2007, and with several European tours under their belt, Shell Beach’s line-up has evolved over time into what is now a Hungarian supergroup from Budapest’s highly respected underground rock scene. As a result,the band have expanded on their post-hardcore and shoegaze roots, with a well-crafted and evolved record.
Recorded in seclusion at LA Garden studios situated in the picturesque forests in Southern Hungary, Solar Flare is the third album by Hungarian alternative-rock quintet Shell Beach. Enduring several line-up changes, Shell Beach’s current line-up now consists of a Hungarian supergroup from Budapest’s highly respected underground rock scene. This includes newest member Zoltán Bodóczy (Grand Mexican Warlock) who was asked to fill in on vocals for the band on a Berlin show with one week’s notice due to a last-minute yet amicable resignation from
the band’s former vocalist. Zoltán not only accepted the late request, but the band also felt re-ignited with new
energy and vocal direction, sparking a reborn fire in the band not felt previously.
Shell Beach’s current members includes founding member Paul Somló on guitar (son of famous Hungarian musician Tamás Somló from the bands Omega and Locomotiv GT), Zoltán Bodóczy (vocals), Mátyás Mohácsi (bass), Viktor Sági (Guitar) and Dániel Szalay (drums). Written during the Covid lockdown, Solar Flare delves deep into themes of mental health, loss and rebirth, as well as the enduring will to survive despite life’s trials and
tribulations. Vocalist Zoltán explains: “The lyrics deal with a difficult period in my life and I processed my confusion in them. Everything's here: breakup, depression, starting again, failure, new love, unfinished business. From this cavalcade, I was able to highlight some ideas and these served as the basis of the lyrics. We tried to arrange the order of the tracks in such a way
that a story emerges from the album as a whole.”
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