Stian Westerhus
Pitch Black Star Spangled
PBSS is a slow paced avant garde solo electric guitar record released in 2010 on Rune Grammofon. I can’t say for sure but I think the title is a nod to Hendrix and a comment on this soulless void we call America. Or perhaps it’s a nod to Starless and Bible Black or both or all three. It’s also the frozen sound of empty nothingness of outer space.
I know it’s a super cold winter for many of you now that we’ve broken the polar vortex. Today was around 45 here and an intense thunderstorm rolled in which is rare when it’s that cool. The point is, PBSS is cold weather music. The colder it gets the more important it becomes to listen to this record.