Music, a living organism - An interview with Lukas Häger about his solo tour, future plans and more

We are delighted today to publish on Unearthed Mirrors this interview with a guitarist who has been constantly writing and playing quality music throughout the years and throughout different genres: Lukas Häger, a modern bluesman who certainly has composed some of our favourite riffs ever. 
Most readers here surely have heard him playing guitar in different bands - mainly in Reveal! (as Spine) and in No Future, also in GRAVMASKIN and live with Obnoxious Youth in more recent times - last week it has also been announced that he has officially joined them as a steady member of their live line-up.
The following conversation however will be completely focused on his solo music: his guitar sorcery, as we often call it here, because - as those of you who have listened to his instrumental solo music will know - it has that captivating, spellbinding and almost uncanny ambience which is able not only to keep the listeners immersed, but also to actively carry them along in the passages unfolded through the strings. [For those of you unfamiliar with Lukas' solo music, we recommend reading our Focus On article about him.]
His first solo album, "Folkmord I Ting" was released on his own label End All Parties in September 2023, he then has been bringing it live on several dates, including on his first solo tour across Europe in February 2024.
We reached out to him to ask him about this experience, how he feels about the album after some time has passed, his influences, his future plans and more: he has kindly offered us some interesting answers, which we find to be a really fascinating way for anyone who appreciates his music to add a deeper perspective to it.
We want to thank Lukas for taking the time to answer our questions and we hope that you all will enjoy reading this as much as we did!
Throughout the interview as well as at the end of it, you will find all the links to listen, buy and follow Lukas' music.

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Lukas Häger during his first solo tour February 2024, photo by Thilo Antelmann

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Lukas Häger live in Stockholm with Kadonnut Manner on May 14th, 2024

 End All Parties has just announced that Lukas Häger will perform his spellbinding solo guitar live set in Stockholm on May 14th, 2024: he will join Finnish guitarist Kadonnut Manner at Larry's Corner.



Tickets will be 150 kr at the door and you can find the number to pay via SWISH for the pre-sale on the official event page on Facebook.

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Official Lukas Häger links:
End All Parties on Facebook, YouTube and Bandcamp

New PÅGÅ / Lukas Häger split tape, "Folkmord I Ting" second edition and more now available at End All Parties

End All Parties has just announced a major shop update and right now, several interesting additions are available: Lukas Häger's solo debut "Folkmord I Ting" second edition (LP and CD), as well as his official merch (t-shirt and button pins); Reveal!'s vinyls and patches, and a PÅGÅ / Lukas Häger Live in Finland split tape.

Genocide in Objects: a photo gallery of Lukas Häger live in Linz

Last month, Lukas Häger performed his solo guitar live set in Linz, on February 14th, 2024, as part of his tour with Gnever, organized by Absurde Rituale.

Some days ago we stumbled upon some captivating photos of his show and something about these shots really stuck with us: the noisy feel, the velvet-like texture of their shades, the inspired angles, everything in these images seems to speak of Lukas' music so well. A sort of uncanny calm - which is violent yet placid at the same time.

So, we contacted the talented photographer who took them, Miriam, to ask her permission to publish the photos. She kindly agreed and sent us her photographs, which we are really glad to share with all the readers and Lukas' listeners.

The Devil is in the details, as the saying goes, and so is Blues music: these images let us appreciate that in a really fascinating way.
For a more comprehensive experience, we listened to Lukas' album "Folkmord I Ting" while browsing the gallery, and strongly recommend doing so - the title of the album, as you might recall, is also translated in English as "Genocide In Objects" and perhaps, that's also somehow what is reflected these photos, too.

All images are analogue photos courtesy of Miriam Saskia Beer - @misabeee on Instagram.

(Click on each image to enlarge in a new window)

Focus On: Lukas Häger

Lukas Häger in 2023, Photo by Björn Arnemo

Our "Focus On" series to highlight the musicians and bands who will play live in the next months continues today with Lukas Häger, who will embark on his first solo tour from February 8th to February 17th, 2024.



Most of us have of course firstly known Lukas as Spine of Reveal! and as co-guitarist in No Future. Particularly, his riffs-from-the-crypt and those dagger-sharp solos, got many of us hooked to Reveal!'s lunacy - and still keep us hooked, by the way.

Around the year 2015, he started End All Parties: both a channel which used to air sessions of musical explorations and broadcasts of live bands (Saturnalia Temple among the first ones who appeared there), and a label which has released Reveal!'s singles and all Lukas' solo music (or at least, all of his music that has been released so far).

As years passed, through End All Parties some of Lukas' solo material began to be shared and from time to time, some ghastly, captivating pieces of solo guitar music would make their appearance on the web, like some little traces left here and there to follow a path which would slowly and unpredictably lead the listeners to know more and more of this bluesy/folk/ambient side of his music.

Stream Lukas Häger's solo album "Folkmord I Ting" in its compelling entirety

Today, September 25th 2023, Lukas Häger's solo album "Folkmord I Ting" is officially released and it's now possible to listen to the entire record on End All Parties Bandcamp page!

Nine songs that are intended to be absorbed from beginning to end as a continuous stream, to fully appreciate the extraordinary ability of this music to get under the listeners' skin and drive them from moments of uncanny, disquieting uneasiness to passages of soothing melodies; from melancholic wanderings to charming, delightful swirls.

Lukas Häger touring Europe in February 2024

After the recent announcement of the release date for Lukas Häger's solo debut "Folkmord I Tings", End All Parties has now revealed that Lukas will bring his music on tour across Europe in February 2024, together with Vienna based musician Gnever.

The tour is being organized by Absurde Rituale and interested promoters and venues can contact absurde-rituale@hotmail.com to bring this unique combination of artists in their towns.

From the official announcement by Absurde Rituale:

" LUKAS HÄGER & GNEVER Euro Tour 2024

Lukas Häger is a musician from Uppsala, Sweden, and part of bands such as Reveal! and No future. Known for a very intimate yet pure and uncompromising confrontation of all specters of good and evil, this circle has been releasing quite a few unique records of their digressions.

Lukas Häger's solo debut "Folkmord I Ting" to be out on September 25th, 2023

End All Parties has announced yesterday some relevant updates and details about Lukas Häger's upcoming album "Folkmord I Ting"!

The release date is set as September 25th, 2023 and the first edition will be on vinyl, limited to 100 hand numbered copies: each one will have its own unique, handmade cover, spray painted on cardboard and finished off with ink stamps; the same way that inner sleeves have been made, but with inverted colours.

There is also a second edition planned for later this year, with a different artwork, as well as a CD version in the future.

Lukas Häger shares new track from his upcoming album "Folkmord I Ting"

Photo by Björn Arnemo

 Lukas Häger's upcoming album "Folkmord I Ting" is certainly an album that we are much looking forward to, having always appreciated how Lukas' eclectic songwriting can take you to unexpected places and surprise you in multiple ways.


Today, he has just shared a track titled "Invändiga Pilar" ("Internal Arrows"), and undoubtedly, it is an ethereal, almost spectral ambient piece that subtly makes reality thinner and surrounds the listeners with a kind of immaterial veil made of sound.


From End All Parties ' Facebook page, Lukas has informed that there has been a delay in the test pressings and therefore the release date is still uncertain. Hopefully, this will be solved soon so that the album can be pressed and delivered to all of us listeners who are waiting to immerse in the music it contains!
Lukas has also mentioned that the album artwork will be handmade and unique to each copy (of the first pressing).

You can listen to "Invändiga Pilar" here below and follow Lukas on Facebook and on YouTube.

Lukas Häger shares tracklist and details about his upcoming solo album

As we have often said in the past months, one of our most anticipated releases of 2023 is certainly Lukas Häger's debut solo album: we've been mostly knowing him for his wicked guitar work with the one and only Reveal!, as well as for having poured riffs and thrills in No Future, and for curating mesmerizing playlists on his own End All Parties. Now we are really looking forward to discovering the sounds and the shades of his debut solo album, "Folkmord I Ting", which is due to be out in late summer of this year: undeniably a brilliant and talented songwriter, Lukas is always able to surprise and impress, combining unique atmospheres with a sharp taste for the macabre - which we surely appreciate a lot!

Earlier today on End All Parties the track list and more details have been shared:

SIDE A

"Blod I Den Svarta Kons Mjölk" ("Blood In The Black Cow's Milk") // "Alpinblod" ("Alpine Blood")
"Spår Av Röd" ("Trail of Red") // "Hungrig Krona" ("Hungry Crown")

SIDE B
"Mumifierad av Insomnia" ("Mummified by Insomnia")
"Fackelvändare"("Torchturner") / "Invändiga Pilar" ("Internal Arrows")
"Inframond" (L. Hager, J.S. Bach, John McCain)
"Glimmande Äggstapel" ("Glowing Pile of Eggs")

The album has been recorded by Stefan Brändström in Studio Dustward, Stockholm, in December 2022; except the track "Fackelvändare" that has been recorded by Lukas Häger in Uppsala in January 2023; and the track "Invändiga Pilar" that has been recorded by Lukas Häger in Enånger in September 2022. All tracks has been composed by Lukas Häger unless specified and the album has been produced by Lukas Häger & Stefan Brändström.

We'll be waiting impatiently to hear what soundscapes he has weaved in this release!, meanwhile it's possible to sink into Lukas' musik on Bandcamp and on Youtube. You might also want to check out the playlist he curated for Unearthed Mirrors back in 2019: On the Verge of Everywhere, Fall . Don't forget to follow End All Parties on Facebook to read news and updates about upcoming releases and live dates!