My Swedish language skills are fairly minimal so most of Emil Jensen's appeal is lost on me. The award-winning slam-poet turned singer/songwriter is a fine musician, but it's obvious that he's a wordsmith first. Now, I like foreign-language music just fine as many years of death-metal has taught me to passively ignore most lyrical content (it's not what you say as much as how you say it), but it can still be a big stumbling block to not understand the words. Example: Håkan Hellström I got immediately, Emil Jensen I did not. However, I make sure to keep an open mind so when Jensen's latest EP "Maj förra året" came my way, I gave it an honest listen. I may not love everything that Adrian Recordings puts out, but I respect them enough to ensure that every new release gets a fair chance for frontpage posting. It's a good thing too, because the Familjen remix track I've posted today is making me reconsider Emil Jensen's previously cast-aside back catalogue. The jaunty electronic beeps compliment him nicely, elevating the material beyond his usual folk-rockness. I still may never fall in love with the rest of Emil Jensen's music, but this I like.
Emil Jensen - Där stigarna tar slut (Tommy-remix av Familjen)
Announcing the It's A Trap! Record Club! Either read Monday's post on the subject or go here to join up! Act fast as my super-cheap introductory offer of $10/mo won't last.
Got a fresh batch of reviews posted for y'all today: [click here]
I gotta say that the new Isolation Years just keeps growing and growing on me after a less-than-impressive first impression. Definitely one of my recent personal favorites.
Check out video footage from The Sweptaways recent record release show: https://www.klockarbarbro.net/sweptaways.avi
The new Moonbabies album will be called "At the ballroom". Expect a March release via Startracks.
In other Startracks-related news, expect a new Kristofer Åström album from the label around April.
Rune Grammofon will release Arve Henriksen's new album "Strjon" on February 26. Collaborators on said record include Helge Sten aka Deathprod and Ståle Storløkken of Supersilent and Helge also produced. More info to come.
The new Thunder Express album "Republic disgrace" will be out March 28. Listen to samples: https://myspace.com/thunderexpressmusic
CDRs of Swedish experimental artist Henning Lundkvist's release "dokumentation01nov06" are sold out, but you can now download it here: https://inaktiv.net/
The Kissaway Trail's forthcoming self-titled album is confirmed for a January 22 release in Denmark, April everywhere else.
Ane Brun has started to post tracks from her new live album on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/anebrun
New live dates for Danish act Cartridge:
03/09 - Werkstatt, Mücheln (GER)
03/10 - Einbaumöbel, Wien (AUS)
03/13 - Kulturkeller, Fulda (GER)
03/14 - Nbi, Berlin (GER)
03/16 - Projekt 7, Magdeburg (GER)
03/17 - Grüner jäger, Hamburg (GER)
Phonovectra's new video for the single "Too young to die" is now online: https://blog.myspace.com/phonovectra
The band managed to secure special permission to use footage from legendary Danish filmaker Carl Th. Dreyer's short film "They caught the ferry" and have incorporated it into the clip.
Efterklang has a nice new blog site designed by Jonas Lindgren of Glitchpunkyouth: https://www.efterklang.net/home/