DOOL

This is the best album I’ve ever had a part in,” Ryanne van Dorst says. The singer and guitarist certainly has no doubts about the new Dool album, Summerland. Founded in 2015 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, dark rockers Dool embarked on an ongoing spiritual and musical D become some sort of tradition. I hope we can keep on doing this for a long time. We wanted someone to do a spoken word in ‘Well’s Run Dry,’ through the voice of some ancient, all-knowing figure. I wanted a deep, scary voice, so we had to think of Okoi and his characteristic, primordial sound. He did a great job The Irresistible Urge To Create ool journey, discovering more about INTERVIEW WITH SINGER / GUITARIST there. We really wanted a Hammond themselves as a band through this RYANNE VAN DORST BY MARIKA ZORZI solo on ‘Be Your Sins,’ and Per was new record than they would have exactly the right person to do that. ever thought. If the band took an experimental own desires and sense of beauty,” With the little suggestions I had, he approach to their debut Here Now, van Dorst says. “A customized life made something both haunting as “Playing live as much as we did over There Then, Summerland is a more after death, rather than an afterlife well progressive as catchy. He’s an the past two-and-a-half years has expansive and more varied effort on designed by a god, a state, or an absolutely amazing musician.” helped tremendously in our way of all fronts, and it well represents the institute such as a church. In the communicating with one another, band’s constant evolution. “I think lyrics, I try to define what this would Summerland unfortunately drops and in the decision making as well,” that every album, even every song look like for me, and why I would in the middle of the coronavirus van Dorst explains. “We only got to one writes, should come from an have to wait until after dying to pandemic, certainly not the best know what Dool is capable of and irresistible urge to create,” van Dorst indulge in such pleasures. We also time to promote a new record. what Dool actually is after releasing says. “Whether that is a powerful want to challenge the listener a bit, “Unfortunately, we had to cancel our debut album, which was basisurge of inspiration, or the need to and have them think of what ‘Sumboth our E.U. tour and our Dutch cally just an experiment.” ventilate a certain emotion or somemerland’ would be to them. In order club run,” van Dorst says. “Also, thing like that. This is exactly what to give them this space, I used a lot Roadburn got cancelled, where “The songs started growing only when this album is. It is also the reason of metaphors in the lyrics, as not to we were supposed to have our we started touring the album, and why we didn’t release anything any be too defined, without losing my album release show. We’re in the with it came some sort of sense of sooner, since it wouldn’t have been personal meaning to songs.” middle of this shit storm, and it identity, which we can now call upon sincere. This is exactly the album obviously is a very bitter pill to whenever we need it,” she continues. that we wanted to make after Here As guests, Dool invited Per Wiberg swallow. However, the album will “At this point we almost don’t need Now, There Then.” (Opeth, Spiritual Beggars, Candlestill be released, and the music words to describe to each other mass) on Hammond organ, backing will be around for life. I hope, in a what we mean, musically. Everything Each track displays its own identity vocalist Farida Lemouchi (The Devway, it can be a salvation to people is really organic and natural, and we within a loose thematic framework, il's Blood), and Okoi Jones (Bölzer) in these dark times. We, as a band, feel like we have the bases covered. as summarized in the climactic to perform on the record. “Singing are only getting more and more It is great being part of something title track. “Summerland is a form choirs and harmonies in the studio eager to perform live. We just have that is growing and evolving this way.” of afterlife that is tailored to each’s together with Farida has almost to wait a little longer.” �� �� �� NEW NOISE