ABOUT
the journey of **Molassess** has come to its close
Dear friends, supporters, and fellow travelers,
With hearts full of gratitude, we share that the journey of **Molassess** has come to its close. This chapter, though brief, has been a profound one, woven with moments of creativity, resilience, and connection that we will forever cherish.
Fate allowed us only two fleeting moments on stage, and we never had the opportunity to evolve in the way a band does—through the alchemy of live performance and the crucible of the road. Still, the unwavering support, belief, and love you have shown us breathed life into what we created, even as it remained unfinished. For that, we are eternally grateful.
Yet, an ending is not a lament; it is a transformation. It clears the way for something new to emerge, for fresh dreams to take root. This is not a farewell cloaked in sorrow, but a hopeful pause—a reminder that the echoes of what was will always reverberate in the paths ahead.
We will meet again, in one form or another—perhaps onstage, perhaps in the audience, perhaps somewhere unseen but deeply felt. Until then, we carry your support with us, and we send you ours in return.
With love, gratitude, and endless possibility,
**Molassess** (feb 2025)
MOLASSESS were beckoned to life as a commissioned performance for the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival, five years after THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – a chaotic coterie of musical misfits lead by the efficacious guitarist Selim Lemouchi – ended their fever dance.
The invitation inspired new shoots of creativity to blossom where death had walked.
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD’s supernal singer Farida Lemouchi formed new bonds with old cohorts Oeds Beydals, Job van de Zande, and Ron van Herpen (ASTROSONIQ), Bob Hogenelst (BIRTH OF JOY) and Matthijs Stronks (DONNERWETTER). Not a reunion, but a confirmation of deep binds and steadfast connections, much like the substance of their namesake – deep and all-consuming, and impossible to untangle.
Taking their name from the final song on Lemouchi’s solo EP ‘Earth Air Spirit Water’ – and tragically his last mortal offering before his death in 2014, the band is not a continuation of a buried past, nor a celebration of a cherished collaborator, but a culmination of heartache, requisite resolution, a rediscovery of rage and the relighting of a fire that never really burned out.
Recording the music of the Roadburn performance on a two-track single, MOLASSESS released ‘Mourning Haze / Drops Of Sunlight’ via Ván Records in 2019. The circle was completed once more with the coming together of a tribe that had been torn apart but found their moment of re-connection: being together again, but also being something new.
Now, with the band’s first full length, MOLASSESS are setting out on a new path:
“Through The Hollow”
She proudly carries forth seeds of the past, present and future and cuts loose entirely within the new sonic search of Molassess. An infinite search for personal and spiritual renewal, a remedy for reason and rationality. The state where earth and neither flow inseperable. The new light that follows the one great death.”
Line-up:
- Oeds Beydals : guitar
- Ron van Herpen : guitar
- Job van de Zande : bass guitar
- Bob Hogenelst : drums and percussion
- Matthijs Stronks : keys
- Farida Lemouchi : vocals
ABOUT
the journey of **Molassess** has come to its close
Dear friends, supporters, and fellow travelers,
With hearts full of gratitude, we share that the journey of **Molassess** has come to its close. This chapter, though brief, has been a profound one, woven with moments of creativity, resilience, and connection that we will forever cherish.
Fate allowed us only two fleeting moments on stage, and we never had the opportunity to evolve in the way a band does—through the alchemy of live performance and the crucible of the road. Still, the unwavering support, belief, and love you have shown us breathed life into what we created, even as it remained unfinished. For that, we are eternally grateful.
Yet, an ending is not a lament; it is a transformation. It clears the way for something new to emerge, for fresh dreams to take root. This is not a farewell cloaked in sorrow, but a hopeful pause—a reminder that the echoes of what was will always reverberate in the paths ahead.
We will meet again, in one form or another—perhaps onstage, perhaps in the audience, perhaps somewhere unseen but deeply felt. Until then, we carry your support with us, and we send you ours in return.
With love, gratitude, and endless possibility,
**Molassess** (feb 2025)
MOLASSESS were beckoned to life as a commissioned performance for the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival, five years after THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – a chaotic coterie of musical misfits lead by the efficacious guitarist Selim Lemouchi – ended their fever dance.
The invitation inspired new shoots of creativity to blossom where death had walked.
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD’s supernal singer Farida Lemouchi formed new bonds with old cohorts Oeds Beydals, Job van de Zande, and Ron van Herpen (ASTROSONIQ), Bob Hogenelst (BIRTH OF JOY) and Matthijs Stronks (DONNERWETTER). Not a reunion, but a confirmation of deep binds and steadfast connections, much like the substance of their namesake – deep and all-consuming, and impossible to untangle.
Taking their name from the final song on Lemouchi’s solo EP ‘Earth Air Spirit Water’ – and tragically his last mortal offering before his death in 2014, the band is not a continuation of a buried past, nor a celebration of a cherished collaborator, but a culmination of heartache, requisite resolution, a rediscovery of rage and the relighting of a fire that never really burned out.
Recording the music of the Roadburn performance on a two-track single, MOLASSESS released ‘Mourning Haze / Drops Of Sunlight’ via Ván Records in 2019. The circle was completed once more with the coming together of a tribe that had been torn apart but found their moment of re-connection: being together again, but also being something new.
Now, with the band’s first full length, MOLASSESS are setting out on a new path:
“Through The Hollow”
She proudly carries forth seeds of the past, present and future and cuts loose entirely within the new sonic search of Molassess. An infinite search for personal and spiritual renewal, a remedy for reason and rationality. The state where earth and neither flow inseperable. The new light that follows the one great death.”
Line-up:
- Oeds Beydals : guitar
- Ron van Herpen : guitar
- Job van de Zande : bass guitar
- Bob Hogenelst : drums and percussion
- Matthijs Stronks : keys
- Farida Lemouchi : vocals