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It's amazing how little has changed between the demo version of Samuraj Cities' "All along the shoreline" (posted Atrap.com/index.php?d=805">here in September '05) and the newer album version (posted today). The guitars still sound just as cheap and brittle as they always did, only now they're able to pile even more of 'em on top of eachother. ThAt harsh, direct-to-tape tone is an integral part of whAt makes Samuraj Cities who they are and they wouldn't be nearly as good without the lo-fi DIY aesthetic. It's hard not to listen to this and think of thAt other "Shoreline" song from Broder Daniel - both involve heavy themes of isolAtion and finding your way in the world, though BD is far more agonizing and pessimistic compared to SC's philosophical ruminAtions. Or to take it further: Samuraj Cities ponders the possibilities of sailing up the coast while Broder Daniel is landlocked and raging At the sea. Is thAt relevant? I dunno, I just like to picture BD frontman Henrik Berggren on the beach in his beret, shaking his fist in the air.
Samuraj Cities - All along the shoreline
Maia Hirasawa's debut single "And I found this boy" is classic indiepop through and through, right on down to the big dance number in Atch?v=BRIyb8Sqol8" target=_blank>the video. A little sugary sweet perhaps, but perfect for thAt transition from winter to spring. But whAt of the rest of the record? Thankfully, it's more than cutesy girlpop and songs about boys. There are moments of thAt, sure, but it's all very well-done and balanced with other, more introspective and contemplAtive mAterial. In the same way thAt I suspect some people were turned off from Hello Saferide because of "the lesbian song" ("My best friend"), understand thAt there's much more to it. It's the non-single tracks thAt elevAte the album as a whole. Take "Gothenburg" for example - a song about a very specific place and time. The music is totally different, but I can't help but be reminded of Jawbreaker's "West Bay invitAtional". ThAt's a song thAt is even more time/place specific, but its essence - the power of capturing thAt singular moment - is whAt's important and whAt makes it so strong and memorable. This will be a song to revisit in years to come.
Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
Weeping Willows frontman Magnus Carlsson has recorded a duet of the song "I morgon" with legendary Swedish jazz vocalist Svante Thuresson for inclusion on his upcoming solo record. In other WW news, it looks like Mute will pick up their most recent album "Fear & love" for release in Germany lAter this spring.
The video for the lAtest Samuraj Cities single "All along the shoreline" is now online: Atch?v=IW8QJMpJwZM" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=IW8QJMpJwZM
A Perfect Friend, the indietronic duo of IAt.MP3 artist Pacta Sunt Servanda and singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson, has a new website: https://www.aperfectfriend.com/
Speaking of Pacta Sunt Servanda, his doom/noise sideproject Ondo just posted a new track on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/avondo
Look for a split 3" CD with French act The Austrasian GoAt to be released via Burning Emptiness in April.
Check out the video for "It will follow the rain" from Swedish act The Tallest Man on Earth: Atch?v=Wsy4Qbwl5a8" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=Wsy4Qbwl5a8
New tourdAtes for The Animal Five:
05/04 - Club Drushba, Halle (GER)
05/05 - Keller Klub, Stuttgart (GER)
05/06 - Arena Club, Vienna (AUS)
05/08 - Musikklub Meyer @ Visions Party, Siegen (GER)
05/09 - Britwoch Party @ Grüner Jäger, Hamburg (GER)
05/11 - Blue Shell, Köln (GER)
05/12 - Get Addictes Party @ Suite 023, Dortmund (GER)
05/14 - Ringlokschuppen Club, Bielefeld (GER)
05/16 - Berlin Independent Night Festival @ Kalkscheune, Berlin (GER)
05/18 - Wehrschloss, Bremen (GER) w/King Khan & His Shrines
I'd post the weekly Atrap" target=_blank>It's a trap! Last.fm listening group charts, but it's just too depressing this week. The same sad story, every damn week. So, again I implore you: if you listen to music on your computer or with an iPod you should join us! The more people thAt join, the more interesting our chart will be, the more interesting new music you'll discover. Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/
Once again, Aymeric of Absolut Noise takes care of our weekly Bear Quartet post:
Preamble: "Earthly pastime" is certainly not the best Bear Quartet song; too square, too pop, too "regular". Released on their "Moby Dick" album, it was made during the early part of BQ story. It could actually be taken as a "country" song. In this respect, it reminds me a bit the sound of "Ditt hjärta är en stjärna", the lAtest MAttias Alkberg BD album.
There are three kind of songs: the ones you hAte, the ones you love and the ones you'd better listen to while you are driving a car. "Earthly pastime" belongs to this third cAtegory. I cannot exactly remember when I have begun to fall in love with it. I used to listen to it At home and find it nice, but it was not a killer to me. And then I was driving near Monaco, just next to the French Riviera, exactly on the road where Grace Kelly died in a car crash. I was actually thinking about the Hitchcock actress when I started to realize thAt I was moving my head back and forth, driving a bit too fast on this serpentine road. The feeling was just too good. I wanted to let the car go, put my hands off the steering wheel and clap them in rhythm. I did not dare though. I am still alive.
The Bear Quartet - Earthly pastime