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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
Depressive Art is a misleading band name. A few of the songs are imbued with your standard lovelorn melancholy, but depressive art? C'mon now - get a grip! This is rock'n'roll, not mopey goths dressed in black. The crooning vocals and abundance of organ immediately bring to mind The Doors (as do songtitles such as "Psychedelic ghostride"), but it's not all a flashback trip. In a lot of ways, Depressive Art remind me a lot of what I like about mando Diao. They've got the same retro/garage vibe, but lack the squeaky vocals and overbearing attitude. "How to breathe", the song I've posted today, is by far the hottest track on the album "Bye bye dear everything". I love those silly falsetto backing vocals and the pounding beat. The extended pickslide into the chorus is pretty great too. Definitely not what you'd expect from a band with this name.
Depressive Art - How to breathe
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 m.com/" target=_blank>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 No Ono has posted the video for "Practical money skills for life": m/movies/practical100.mov" target=_blank>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
The video for the new my midnight Creeps single "Don't let 'em bring you down" is now online: mi.no/mmc/video/" target=_blank>https://www.emi.no/mmc/video/
Lasse Lindh has revamped his website: https://www.lasselindh.se/
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: myspace.com/fareyouwell" target=_blank>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: myspace.com/dayeleven" target=_blank>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/
Flunk's new album "Personal stereo" is finished and confirmed for release on April 23. Go here for the cover art and tracklist: https://www.beatservice.no/release.asp?catno=97
Frida Hyvönen on tour in Europe:
04/14 - motel mozaique, Rotterdam (NL)
04/16 - Teatro Rasi, Ravenna (ITA)
04/19 - Centre Culturel Suédois/Les Femmes S'en mêlent, Paris (FRA)
04/20 - Centre Culturel Suédois/Les Femmes S'en mêlent, Paris (FRA)
04/21 - L'Auditori/Pocket Club, Barcelona (ESP)
04/25 - ISC, Bern (CH)
04/26 - Albani, Winterthur (CH)
04/27 - Le Ciel, Grenoble (FRA)
05/01 - Southbank Centre (Purcell Room), London (UK)
05/02 - monofaktur, münchen (GER)
05/03 - Roter Salon, Berlin (GER)
05/04 - L'Atheneum, Dijon (FRA)
05/07 - Le Botanique, Bryssel (BEL)