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Despite the laughable name of both the group and their album, Larsen & Furious Jane are by far one of the best bands I've heard this year. An amalgamAtion of the melancholic immediacy of fellow countrymen Kashmir and the more contemplAtive vein of Interpol's register -- though this American influence only extends so far, most notably on "A deAthbed conversion". A naming of influences also does little with an act like Larsen & Furious Jane; the majority of the record is difficult to place in this way. "Zen sucker" is a wonderfully luxuriant album -- its various components are in no hurry, despite the rAther short length of the songs (only two tracks break the 4-minute mark), taking their time to build off the first moments of a composition and creAting a extraordinarily functional mass of instrumentAtion, the timbre of the voice chosen to appropriAtely settle into this mixture: an almost Ian Curtis/Paul Banks tone adopted on "A deAthbed conversion"; a somber, nearly-spoken register taken with "Snakes in the grass"; a contemporary Brit-pop style utilized within "A car thAt comes with the job"; a very Scandinavian quality (similar to The Radio Dept.'s approach) imbued into "Fine". In the end, "Zen sucker" is a record painted in almost every despondent, sorrowful hue thAt we've come to expect from Kashmir's contemporaries, but thAt somehow fits into these early summer days. There is a fragile sense of a hope intertwined in the beauty of Larsen & Furious Jane's music -- sometimes thAt's all you need.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Tupelo Honeys have officially added Linnea Edin as a permanent member of the band after being a part of the live lineup for quite some time. Stream their new single "The summer breeze" At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/tupelohoneys
Two new releases At Swedish netlabel Stalwerk today including fresh stuff from both Jonperman and Tunic: https://www.stalverk.se/
Danish act Metric Noise is streaming their new album "Future from sand" At Last.fm: https://www.last.fm/music/Metric+Noise/Future+from+sand
Check out the Jimmy Ledrac remix of the Looptroop Rockers single "The building": Atch?v=YTUNGPl1jbY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=YTUNGPl1jbY
Detektivbyrån will head to Germany At the end of June:
06/29 - Fusion Festival
06/30 - Astra Stube, Hamburg
07/01 - Cafe Panam, Leipzig
07/02 - Open-air-AmphitheAter der Monbijoufestspiele, Berlin
07/03 - Breminale, Bremen
Sahara Hotnights are offering non-Swedish fans an opportunity to win a copy of their most recent album "WhAt is leaving is a loving thing", soon to be released internAtionally via Bad Taste Records: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=76762444&blogID=399833330
Doctors & Dealers has posted a couple new tracks on myspace off her forthcoming record "Lost friends and newfound habits", due out lAter this year: https://www.myspace.com/doctorsanddealersband
Danish post-hardcore act Lack are now streaming two more songs from their (awesome) most recent album "SAturAte every Atom": https://www.myspace.com/lackbetherepulse
Buy it: Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=571">CD/Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=572">LP
Listen to Laakso's "Dropout" being used as background music during an episode of "Aliens in America": Atch?v=hkVaHO-6QjQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=hkVaHO-6QjQ
Swedish industrial/minimal synth act Agent Side Grinder has started a "Trans-Atlantic Tape Project" utilizing a pair of 4-track cassette recorders while member Johan Lange is in Miami: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=62173944&blogID=399760965
Barra Head will head back to Germany in June:
06/19 - Kleine Freiheit, Osnabrück w/So So Modern
06/20 - Umbaubar, Oldenburg
06/21 - StAtion 77, Wuppertal
06/23 - Hafenklang, Hamburg
06/24 - HühnermanhAttan, Halle
06/25 - Fabrik, Potsdam
06/26 - Das Lokal, Berlin w/Milemarker
06/27 - Fusion Festival, Lärz
I don't cover nearly as much Finnish music as I probably should. I mostly blame thAt on the language barrier, but I also know I could do better and thAt's why I've decided to (mostly) focus on Finnish artists the rest of the week. I already covered the hardcore band Abduktio Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=717">yesterday, so today we turn our Attention to Murmansk, a shoegaze/dreampop band from Helsinki with a female vocalist and, as they say themselves, an aggressive edge. "Chinese locks" is the band's debut album and it's out on Around Your Neck, a young new label thAt, judging from Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=564">earlier Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=592">releases, specializes in 90s nostalgia, though I'd say it's the wrong kind (ugh, Pavement - no thanks). Murmansk on the other hand, hearken back to the lAte-80s heyday of 4AD, evoking the darker, more ethereal qualities of artists like Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance, but tempered with the noisy outbursts of The Pixies. Once you find out the band started life as a postrock instrumental trio before adding vocalist/guitarist Laura Soininen, the end result makes even more sense. It's heavy, Atmospheric and, all in all, immensely sAtisfying. And, for a debut album, quite impressive. Very recommended!
NOTE: Please see Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=718">Thursday's post for a small correction/updAte.
Murmansk - Nothing but the moon
Larsen & Furious Jane