{"id":66189,"date":"2026-09-26T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/?p=66189"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:01:40","slug":"the-69-eyes-brandon-lee-acustica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/the-69-eyes-brandon-lee-acustica\/","title":{"rendered":"The 69 Eyes Begin Their Acoustic Era With a New Version of \u201cBrandon Lee\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The 69 Eyes released \u201cBrandon Lee (Forma Acustica)\u201d on September 25, 2026, via BLKIIBLK, the heavy music imprint of Frontiers Label Group. The reimagined track offers the first preview of an acoustic album scheduled to arrive in early 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Originally released in 2000 on Blessed Be, \u201cBrandon Lee\u201d became one of the Finnish band\u2019s most internationally recognizable songs. Its title pays tribute to American actor Brandon Lee, who starred in The Crow, the 1994 film that became a defining reference point within gothic culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The new recording retains the melancholy of the original composition while replacing much of its electric weight with a more restrained arrangement. Jyrki 69\u2019s deep voice remains at the center as the acoustic guitars bring the song\u2019s romantic and shadowy character into sharper focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The single was mixed by American producer Matt Hyde, who previously worked with The 69 Eyes on Back in Blood, recorded in Los Angeles and released in 2009. His credits also include production and mixing work for Slayer, Deftones and Megadeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"THE 69 EYES - Brandon Lee (forma acustica) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cKRtOUNgTlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"THE 69 EYES - Brandon Lee (forma acustica) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cKRtOUNgTlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">\u201cBrandon Lee (Forma Acustica)\u201d is accompanied by a music video directed by Elias Ryyn\u00e4nen and filmed at Suomenlinna, the historic sea fortress located off the coast of Helsinki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The production combines footage of the band performing with appearances by models Corinna Puleo and Lotte Vainio. Their styling and runway presence evoke the fashion of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when The 69 Eyes established the visual identity associated with albums such as Wasting the Dawn, Blessed Be and Paris Kills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suomenlinna\u2019s historic surroundings and the video\u2019s photography support the musical transition without abandoning the band\u2019s familiar world. The acoustic version may reduce the distortion, but it preserves the cinematic, romantic and nocturnal qualities that made \u201cBrandon Lee\u201d a central part of their catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 69 Eyes Prepare an Acoustic Album for 2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upcoming record will feature newly arranged versions of several familiar The 69 Eyes songs. The band has not yet revealed its title, exact release date or tracklist, but confirmed that it will arrive in early 2027. <strong>2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">\u201cAs a preview of what\u2019s to come, we created new arrangements of many familiar 69 Eyes songs and developed them into full acoustic versions,\u201d explained Jyrki 69. \u201cThis is an invitation to come and hear us in a new, acoustic setting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The vocalist said the project emerged after an especially intense period on the road. According to his figures, the band played 89 shows across 22 countries in a single year, following three or four years of nearly continuous touring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Formed in Helsinki in 1989, the group retains its classic lineup of Jyrki 69, Bazie, Timo-Timo, Archzie and Jussi 69. Across 13 studio albums, the musicians known as the Helsinki Vampires have connected glam, gothic rock and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll through an identity that has remained recognizable for almost four decades.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 69 Eyes lanz\u00f3 \u201cBrandon Lee (Forma Acustica)\u201d el 25 de septiembre de 2026 a trav\u00e9s de BLKIIBLK, sello especializado en m\u00fasica pesada perteneciente a Frontiers Label Group. La nueva versi\u00f3n es el primer adelanto de un \u00e1lbum ac\u00fastico previsto para comienzos de 2027. Publicada originalmente en 2000 dentro de Blessed Be, \u201cBrandon Lee\u201d se convirti\u00f3 en una de las canciones m\u00e1s reconocidas internacionalmente del grupo finland\u00e9s. Su t\u00edtulo rinde homenaje al actor estadounidense Brandon Lee, protagonista de The Crow, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1988,2707,260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goth-rock","category-featured","category-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66192,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66189\/revisions\/66192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}