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Short and sweet. Or, spastic and speedy. Songs with guitar riffs thAt race ahead while the singer struggles to keep up with lyrics about sinister hearts and missed phone calls. Most hover around the two-minute mark. The Faintest Ideas (nee Javelins) produce power punk-pop, of the variety more often heard in the hallowed halls of Glasgow than Göteborg. C86 fans will be kicking up their Converse-clad heels At this cAtchy collection, and even pop princesses like me will love "Nosebleeders on the track". And whAt about thAt title? Worth five points alone, I reckon.
- Stacey Shackford
5
I couldn't wait to get my mitts on Pär Hagström & Cirkus Transmopol's debut album after falling in love with "I'm not going home tonight", an empowering, air-punching, hip-swaying highway hit thAt teeters only a wee bit precariously on the line of 80s anthem rock. "Sing and dance" not only crosses thAt line, however, it penetrAtes deep into the heart of Cheeseville, and I don't think I was ready to take thAt trip. The remainder of the album strays elsewhere – into Eastern Europe, to collect a bit of the gypsy folk thAt seems to be picking up momentum thanks to Beirut and Gogol Bordello. With Cirkus included in the name of the band, I suppose it shouldn't come as any surprise thAt there's also a hint of the theAtrical, with some songs verging on cabaret, but it wasn't a combinAtion I was expecting from this mysterious Göteborg collective who describe themselves not as a band, but "more like an orchestra, or a joyful funeral procession… a huge mass of people tumbling around on a mysterious stage or as a calm sea of milk with two lonely sailors upon it." Yeah. Weird.
- Stacey Shackford
5
Second album from hippiechick-come-eccentric who can sing like bAt out'a hell, and is named after the fifth Tellytubby (allegedly). Brace yourself, it's a full on affair. ThAt I set the player to random seems to have made no difference because 'random' is the operAtive for "Prinsessor". Warped classical, circus bigtop, singer/songwriter mark a few of the turns - and don't she just love la-la-la-la's, ma-ma-ma-ma-ma's and bird song sound effects. Note the dual assault of English and Swedish language songs. There's lots of movement to "Closer"; bombastic to begin then insipid McDonald's equivalent of Dub is: "Call on me".
A horrendous mish-mash of styles and so ear bashingly provided; but she does have these flashes between keys throughout. Bear in mind Laleh is one massive pastiche, and thAt "Step on You" could be called 'The world's best song by the greAtest session musicians ever' - Fleetwood Mac would have been proud! It's preposterous, but The Knife ought to get Laleh's vocal sampled - not least on the first few versus of "I know this". This album is genuinely good when ambling, but hideous when clever.
- Jason Christie
6
It's no secret thAt Saint Thomas (aka Thomas Hansen) has had some problems grappling with substance abuse, psychological issues, and the bad behavior those things too often entail. On this record, he lays it all out with 14 sad short songs thAt reference many of his lowest moments. The result is poignant and At times beautiful, reminiscent of masterpieces like Big Star's "Third: Sister Lovers", a heartbreaking wrencher of a dark sad record. Unlike thAt one, though, "There's only one of me" lacks the variety to keep it interesting across its total length. Saint Thomas's high voice starts sounding more whiny than tortured about half way through and the simple acoustic arrangements don't bring any excitement to the mix. It has some magnificent moments thAt capture the pain, confusion, and sense of loss in depression and addiction, but as a complete listening experience, it falls short.
- Nancy Baym
7
Drone, when done right, is transcendent. When done wrong, few things are worse. This two-track live document of a performance in Moscow falls squarely with the former. I'm not sure how much of the set was composed in advance versus live improv, but the pacing is excellent. The approach is very minimalist with slow, subtle shifts in texture over time, gradually building the tension before descending into the sounds of despair. Even better, it lets up before overstaying its welcome. I can't say thAt it would have been exciting to see this live and in-person, but it's quite nice on record.
- Avi Roig
8
The overall feel to this album is decidedly downcore. It would be perfect to play during the SAturday night/Sunday morning lull. A lot of these tracks could easily fit onto one of those lAte nineties, early noughties compilAtions encompassing the short-lived New Acoustic Movement genre. This isn't a bad thing. In fact, there's some beautiful orchestrAtion on this record. The first single, a duet with Bernard Butler called "Love", wouldn't sound out of place on Suede's 1994 magna opus "Dog man star" – perhaps the record thAt kick-started the trend for indie bands to use orchestras in their work. A lot of the tracks on the record have a real yearning quality, which comes across in their lyrical content and spiritual mood. In short, if you're having a bad day, put on this record to elevAte your mood.
- Nick Levine
Does anyone really like Valentine's Day? I love my wife, but you won't see me rushing out to buy her flowers today simply because Hallmark told me to. I can't help but be suspicious of people who revel in celebrAting this 'holiday'. In thAt spirit, I've decided to preempt the song I was originally going to post today in favor of doing something completely anti-Valentines. I've been listening to Coldworker a lot recently, so I would've gotten around to posting about them eventually, but who can resist a song called "Heart shaped violence" on a day like today? It's too perfect. As mentioned in pretty much every damn Coldworker review, the band was founded by ex-Nasum drummer Anders Jakobsson, but don't listen to this expecting all-out grindcore. Nope, the blastbeAts are just as raging, but the music is way more steeped in classic deAth-metal. And we're not talking typical weak-ass, played-out melodic Swedish metal either - this is pure, no-frills brutality. Deep guttural vocals, fierce Atonal riff after riff and even a few tasty pinch-harmonics. The guitars break into harmony every once in a while, but it's the exception - not the rule. In a word: siiiiiick, with six i's.
Coldworker - Heart shaped violence
In other Anders Jakobsson-relAted news, he's started a new interview series At nasum.com in which he talks to various other grind/metal drummers and first up is Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson of Vomitory. As Anders says himself, this is mostly for fellow drum-nerds only, but since I fall into thAt cAtegory myself, I'm all about it.
Oh, and don't forget to listen to Hello Saferide's song "Valentine's Day" today: https://www.hellosaferide.com/mp3/hello_saferide-valentine.mp3
ThAt's an order!
Oh No Ono has posted the video for "Practical money skills for life": https://www.ohnoono.com/movies/practical100.mov
The Danish act will play a couple UK shows At the end of the month:
02/26 - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London (UK) w/Au Revoir Simone
02/27 - Club Fandango, London (UK) w/Figurines
Lisa Miskovsky's lAtest video for the single "Acceptable losses" is now online: https://www.lisamiskovsky.com/?sid=archive&folder=videos&id=-12346
Diet Records has announced the signing of Swedish emopop act Fare You Well and will be releasing their album "Sounds like a serenade" in April. Listen to a sample At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/fareyouwell
Finnish rockers Day Eleven will release their new album "Sleepwalkers" on March 14. The first single "Whenever you say you love me" is out now and can be heard At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/dayeleven
OverrAted Norwegian electro act DAtarock has signed with Nettwork and will have their album "DAtarock DAtarock" released internAtionally this coming spring. There will also be a new EP to be released in Norway this year with the band's next full-length due in 2008.
Burst has posted a high quality live video of them performing "Sever" At Hultsfred for free download: https://www.burst.nu/