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We're six months into 2007 and our m/index.php?a=301">halftime reports are now posted. There's been a good number of strong releases so far this year, Säkert! being a collective favorite and others such as Laakso, Shout Out Louds, Isolation Years, Aerial and Familjen making multiple lists. Whittling our individual picks to three each can be difficult, but I think it forces us to be more decisive and discerning.
One act that didn't make by list, but surely deserves a place is Closer. Problem is, their new EP "The 39" isn't officially released yet and I didn't want to be all, "this is the year's best record and no, you can't hear it." Actually, I did play the track "Sensing the wake" on my radio show a m/index.php?d=1241">couple m/index.php?d=1272">times, but I really have no idea how many people heard it. Well, those problems are now a thing of the past as the kind dudes of Closer have decided to let me offer up "Sensing the wake" as a free download. Still no word on an official release, but it'll come - just wait.
For those that have missed my description of the band in the past, Closer plays what I can only describe as intelligent rock music. It's heavy and dark, but not exactl metal and it has the intensity of hardcore without being, y'know, hardcore. The musicianship is stellar as well, but never too showy. Fellow musicians will pick up on it, but there's no conspicuous solos or anything else to draw attention to it. Thematically, the EP is a concept piece along the same lines of "Tokpela", their debut. This time, it's based on a linear story centered around a single person and a series of events. Various similar motifs are repeated throughout the record, tying it together as a whole. Vocalist Joachim Dahlberg describes "Sensing the wake" as part one, "where the sensing part is actually just the saxophone intro, the calm before the storm." Beyond that, you're on your own. Closer loves to be mysterious and is happy to let you draw your own conclusions.
Closer - Sensing the wake
Apparently mag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/05/oeuvreblogs_a_revolution_in_mu.html" target=_blank>"Oeuvreblogs" are the new black? I may not quite have the fervor to post about every single Bear Quartet song ever recorded, but I suppose that my weekly posts qualify in some way. Going strong since January! Take that Perpetua! Carrying on...
Despite being one of Bear Quartet's most different/difficult records, I loved "Saturday night" from the very first moment I heard it. It sounds like nothing else except The Bear Quartet, equal parts irritating and astonishing, often at the same time. Despite being a studio creation, a few of tracks such as "Your name here" aren't too hard to imagine in a live setting. A steady guitar melody, a recurring keyboard riff. Little bits of noise come and go, but the basics remain throughout. Aside from the explosive refrain of the title, little of the lyrics are discernible. There's echoes of "Disappearing act"/"I don't wanna" in the reference to being curled up in a car and the importance of places, and like those two, it's a troubled love song. "I would fake intimacy but no one was allowed near me / you come clear / I can feel myself rise into something like life / weightless / untroubled / forgiving even myself" Redemption through devotion? That's true love.
The Bear Quartet - Your name here
The playlist for my radio show on Sirius this week:
01. Beyond Dawn - Far from showbiz
02. TALK 1
03. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
04. The Fine Arts Showcase - Dance with your shadow
05. Pan Sonic - Hinaaja / Tugboat
06. TALK 2
07. mixtapes & Cellmates - Hold
08. The Bear Quartet - I don't wanna
09. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - When she's GONE
10. TALK 3
11. Laakso - High drama
12. Park Hotell - The guest who stayed forever
13. Fun - Hold it close
14. TALK 4
15. The Book of Daniel - Rabbit boy
16. Watain - Storm of the Antichrist
17. Viktor Sjöberg - w/Nothing
18. Kristofer Åström - Fallen
19. TALK 5
20. mainliners - Olivia
21. Oddjob - Kings are walking out
22. Lemonator - Heart burns
23. TALK 6
24. Tobias Hellkvist - Slowly but surely
25. Attrap - Just a word away
26. Sahara Hotnights - Visit to Vienna
27. TALK 7
28. The Leather Nun - No rule
29. Alog - Son of king
30. Thunder Express - Vegas
31. TALK 8
32. Closer - Sensing the wake
Reminder: my radio show on Sirius has moved to Saturdays at noon Eastern. Be sure to check it out!
Check out the microsite for Norwegian jazz artist Håkon Kornstad's (Wibutee) new album "Single engine": m/solo/" target=_blank>https://www.kornstad.com/solo/
The sample track "Sweden" is killer.
Viva Revolución has posted their new single "No drugs, no guns" for listening in their website jukebox: https://www.vivarevolucion.se/
The track features guest vocals from Jaqee as well as scratching by Embee (Looptroop).
Sudd has given their website a much-needed revamp: https://www.sudd.org/
Norwegian electronic artist and renown illustrator Kim Hiorthøy has a new song posted on myspace: myspace.com/smalltownsupersound" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/smalltownsupersound
The forthcoming just-completed album "my last day" will be released later this year.
Will Gambola Sing has officially signed with Tenderversion and their debut EP "Soundtrack for a phone call" will be released in about a month.
In semi-related news, WGS member/IAT.mP3 artist John Roger Olsson aka The Grand Opening will be spending the weekend in Gotland mixing his new ambient album that he made with Linus Larsson. There's no label or release date yet, but I'll see what I can do about getting a sample when it's ready.
Regain has signed Swedish cult metal act Nifelheim and will be releasing their new album in September.
The winners of the Lommefilm "Go ahead punk - make my video" contest are now online: mmefilm.dk/" target=_blank>https://www.lommefilm.dk/