Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Bees In The Bonnet

Since 2011 and with seven albums, the explosive trio has celebrated ever greater success and earned attention and recognition from rock fans and jazz fans alike. The band's name might suggest jazz, except that the Hedvig Mollestad Trio's line-up does not include piano, saxophone or trumpet. Instead: Guitar, drums, (double) bass and songs that sometimes evoke the Melvins (Blood Witch). So jazz here is first and foremost rock and not chamber music. Mollestad lets her guitar howl incessantly and driven by overdrive, dances up and down the scales, riffs her way through the most breakneck solos and still plays grounded with the rich groove of drums and bass. After busy years (solo, with Weejuns, soundtracks and commissioned work), Mollestad felt a strong urge to return to the core, which was always the trio that started it all in 2011 and the strong debut album Shoot! The excitement was high going into the studio, and as much of the music is quite intricate, with lots of small variations and long structures, the studio sessions were extremely focused and concentrated

1 See See Bop
2 Golden Griffin
3 Itta
4 Bob’s Your Giddy Aunt
5 Lamament
6 Apocalypse Slow