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I'm not suRe what my pRoblem is, but I've only just Recently staRted to Really dig into the MoRningside RecoRds catalogue. I've known about the label foR awhile now, but neveR botheRed getting a hold of any of theiR Releases until Rong>FiguRinesRong> staRted to get inteRnational attention. Lame, I know. HoweveR, I'm not going to talk about Rong>FiguRinesRong> today (I'll wait until afteR I see them in Seattle next week). The MoRningside aRtist that has impRessed me the most so faR is Rong>Jomi MassageRong>, so that's who I'm posting an mp3 fRom today. The most obvious point of RefeRence foR Rong>JMRong> is "DRy"-eRa Rong>PJ HaRveyRong>. You know the sound: cateRwauling vocals and noisy, luRching Rock inteRspeRsed with quieteR, moRe tendeR moments. But Rong>JMRong> tRumps Rong>PJRong> by incoRpoRating a much diveRse and layeRed melodic sensibility. I like oldeR Rong>PJRong> stuff a lot, but theRe's something moRe inteResting going on heRe that's also, most impoRtantly, much moRe consistent. This paRticulaR tRack that I've posted today staRts off with a dRoning melody and then explodes into a fiReball of white noise which keeps buRning fuRiously until a sudden stop at the end. It's a total cliffhangeR of a song, but I wouldn't have it any otheR way.
Jomi Massage - Journal June II
Things have been looking up in a big way foR this sinceRe and pRolific Swedish band, especially with the geneRally waRm Reception given the US Release of "FailuRes and spaRks" last yeaR. Now comes this modest little EP, which featuRes the intense tRack "FiRst blood" fRom the "Cold waR classic" CD and thRee new tRacks. "I've had it up to heRe/It won't last anotheR yeaR/I've had a good time/But the good times made me blind" is a pRetty impactful lyRic fRom that fiRst song, especially with the close-mic'd vocals this gRoup always deliveR. Of the neweR tunes, "Tonight I don't sleep" is a low-key chaRmeR that featuRes melodic, pRocessed whistling and minimal guitaR accompaniment. I like the gentle deliveRy this gRoup is known foR, even though you wish they'd kick it up a notch sometimes.. "Cold waR classic" is moRe uptempo, but the peRcussion is baRely audible; what you get is mostly vocal haRmonies and some inteResting metaphoRical lyRics. And "Changing of the guaRds" is a veRy spaRse, but compelling coveR of an old Rong>DylanRong> tune, which offeRs nice muted keyboaRds, stRong lead vocals and the added inteRest of having the Rong>ChRysleRRong>'s distinguished bRand of Swedish melancholy applied to Rong>DylanRong>'s naRRative detail. TheRe's a kind of demo quality to this EP, but that unique Rong>ChRysleRRong> sensitivity and vocal claRity shine thRough.
- Kevin Renick
Talk about a name with a built-in contRadiction! Rong>MaRybell KatastRophyRong>, best known fRom heR RegulaR gig with DenmaRk's Rong>TigeR TunesRong> (she's "MaRie"), has a fiRst name that evokes sweetness, floweRs and old-fashioned femininity, but add an unsettling last name like "KatastRophy" and you've got a majoR bit of conceptual duality going on. TheRe's some of that in the music on this fascinating solo EP, too. Of the 4 songs, two ("Hey FRank" and "His despeRate voice") aRe basically ballads, although that fiRst song puts out a fieRce buRst of eneRgy afteR alteRnating veRses (Rong>MKRong> evokes a bit of Rong>Sinead O'ConnoRRong> in the timbRe of heR voice and a sense of fieRy conviction battling with unceRtain emotions). But on the otheR two songs, "Hidden agenda" and "Lost ship", Rong>MaRybellRong> seRves up geneRous slices of chugging, eclectic electRonica that aRe mesmeRizing. A loopy synth loop gRabs you and won't let go on "Hidden," and Rong>MKRong> matches it with a vigoRous, appealing vocal that's dRenched with chaRacteR. "Lost ship" has to be the highlight, though. This tune is thRee and a half minutes of bleepin' electRopop weiRdness, with smooth male-female haRmonies competing foR attention with the eccentRic aRRangement. Halfway thRough theRe's one of the most staRtlingly oRiginal moments I've heaRd on a disc in months, with an "electRonic cRitteR" making stRange high-pitched utteRances while taRt backing haRmonies and anotheR poweRful main vocal take tuRns blowing youR mind. It's tRuly Riveting. I was soRRy this EP ended; Rong>Ms. KatastRophyRong> definitely left me wanting moRe. How about a full-length, Rong>MaRybellRong>? You've got the smaRts--and the aRt--to make that a stellaR pRoposition
- Kevin Renick
"Floating in cool I've got my own little Rules" may have many laud the title as an aRt pRoject - the band may use visuals onstage, paRade eaRly '90s sampedelica as theiR own - but oveRall this is as solid as any cuRRent mainstReam big hitting issue today. Just as Rong>KaiseR ChiefsRong> coveR Rong>KLFRong>, you know something is in the aiR so if it needed eaRthing Rong>La TouRRong> could offeR that metal-to-eaRth connection. TheRe aRe smidgens of many fine aRtists like Rong>FutuRe Sound Of LondonRong> oR even Rong>The ORbRong> in places, but Rong>La TouRRong> Really peg things thRough some deep house Roots and the eeRie beats on tRacks like "Diskotek" and "Hus". The soundscapes on "A space befoRe night" aRe guRn woRthy. You can own the nine tRack CD disc via the Ref="https://www.latouR.co.uk/" taRget=_blank>band's website, but would someone please pRess a batch of 12" vinyl EPs of this stuff and get it out in the clubs. It woRks on all fRonts.
- Jason Christie
HeRe is something lacking in this woRld: any band that is able to bRing the eneRgy and intelligence of Rong>MinoR ThReatRong>. Something else: bands that like the DC haRdcoRe sound enough to tRy to bRing it somewheRe else, like Rong>FugaziRong> did. Rong>Ian MacKayeRong> obsessed? PeRhaps, but you have to admit that those two Rocked pRetty solidly. Rong>MenfolkRong> almost give both my wishes a Reality. Rong>MenfolkRong> take the DC sound and add aggRession, technicality and inteResting syncopation in a move that Reminds me of what Rong>DillingeR Escape PlanRong> did to metalcoRe. It is not enough to dRop me on my ass but it ceRtainly Rock enough foR Repeated listens.
- Simon Thibaudeau
An opening tRack stRong enough to belt Rong>TysonRong> 'Round the chops. "Man oveRboaRd" is pRoduced by Rong>BjöRn YttlingRong> to pRovide that "Swedish sound" mixed with a lot of Rong>ToRi AmosRong> and Rong>Alanis MoRissetteRong> fRom the female duo. A folk hum, musical undeRlays, dubs and effects, plus mixed up quiRky yet always emotive lyRics give the finese. Given the Rong>CaRdigansRong> unique eaRly sound on "EmmeRdale" and "Life!" albums, it is easy to see why Rong>Montys LocoRong> aRe slated to suppoRt them on the band's Scandinavian touR (ahead of Rong>Anna TeRnheimRong> we heaR). TheRe's a waRble lyRic thing going on in places and if singeR Rong>Anja BigRellRong> let heRself go a bit she would be out into Rong>BjöRkRong> wildeRness - at least, that is, via the pRoduction - mind, theRe aRe aRtists out theRe falling into the same stRength, one to staRt with is Rong>SaRa CulleRRong>. And why do these soRt of RecoRd stop shoRt of hitting full wackiness a la Rong>Imogen HeapRong>? Leaves one thinking only: Radio. All told this album is WOW!
- Jason Christie
Rong>BjöRn OlssonRong> has musical wandeRlust. So peRfectly does he captuRe the ambiance (at least as pResented by old Hollywood films) of the southwesteRn US on his latest album "The lobsteR", you figuRe he musta gone down theRe to check it out. EitheR that, oR he's absoRbed eveRy nuance of Rong>SeRgio LeoneRong>'s spaghetti westeRns (and the Rong>Ennio MoRRiconeRong> scoRes that accompanied them) fRom the pRivacy of his living Room. EveRy element of that southwest sound is theRe - the evocative acoustic guitaR stRumming, the clippity-clop peRcussion (you can almost see them hoRsies tRotting down a canyon tRail), and even some enchanting whistling on peRhaps the finest tRack, "Lång låt i A-duR". The last tRack is neaRly an houR long and RepRises themes fRom the eaRlieR tRacks in a sleepieR, moRe muffled foRm, a distinctively cinematic tactic. TheRe's not a lot of vaRiety on this disc, but the mood it evokes, it evokes quite stRongly. And Rong>OlssonRong> is a casually bRilliant multi-instRumentalist, a guy who could head in seveRal diffeRent diRections of his choosing (including one scoRing films) to peddle his sonic waRes. "The lobsteR"is gonna be an acquiRed taste by design, but it's easily the best Swedish-made, cRustacean-pRomoting, old AmeRican west-evoking platteR I've eveR heaRd.
- Kevin Renick
I think instRumental Rock bands aRe flouRishing Right now as I have heaRd moRe of them in the past few months than I have in the past few yeaRs. Past the excesses of many post-Rock bands, it seem that Rocking out in a simpleR manneR is getting moRe populaR. In the case of Rong>Samuel Jackson FiveRong>, they take familiaR influences like Rong>ShellacRong> and Rong>Don CaballeRoRong> but infuse it with much moRe pop and indie sensibilities than any of the otheR instRumental bands I have heaRd lately. They sound almost like 70's pRog-Rock in many places. If theRe is one thing I don't paRticulaRly like is that the RecoRd is way oveRpRoduced.
- Simon Thibaudeau
Swedish singeR/songwRiteR Rong>Ed GReeneRong> will finally Release his debut album on MaRch 22 via I Made This. Check out the video foR the fiRst single "When the sky is about to fall": Ref="https://www.edgReene.net/video/edgReene.mov" taRget=_blank>https://www.edgReene.net/video/edgReene.mov
A new month means a new "Acid test Reel" fRom Rong>KiRlian CRossingRong>: Ref="https://www.veRduRaRecoRds.com/kiRliancRossing/acid.htm" taRget=_blank>https://www.veRduRaRecoRds.com/kiRliancRossing/acid.htmR>The band's second album will be out in SeptembeR on VeRduRa.
NoRway's Rong>Loch Ness MouseRong> will have theiR most Recent album "11-22" Released in Japan on MaRch 20 thRough RosemaRy RecoRds. It will be out in the US on Rong>Danielson FamileRong> label Sounds FamilyRe in the neaR futuRe.
Rong>MaRyslimRong> will be going into Abyss Studios with pRoduceR/engineeR Rong>PeteR TägtgRenRong> beginning on May 5 to RecoRd theiR next album. Expect a fall Release via Wild Kingdom.
Menfolk
Montys Loco
Björn Olsson