Fever Ray
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:05 am
Aaaarghhglglglglhhhglaaarghl drool drool!
For me, one of the albums of 2009 allready
Aaaarghhglglglglhhhglaaarghl drool drool!
For me, one of the albums of 2009 allready
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Aaaarghhglglglglhhhglaaarghl drool drool!
For me, one of the albums of 2009 allready
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:43 pm
what karin touch turns into gold haha
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:48 pm
Ahah you know what we are talking aboutoxide wrote:what karin touch turns into gold haha
Gonna be sure she will touch me @ Polsslag, Hasselt.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:46 am
From Boomkat:
The self titled debut solo record from The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson is surely the years most anticipated album so far. We certainly couldn't argue with the legion of support marching in formation behind this gorgeously gothic pop masterpiece, from The OMM to The Wire and countless message boards across the web this is an album which has solidified the success of The Knife, but also added a level of cosmic dread that transcends the pop sensibility at the heart of the material. The album manages to snag on the intangible emotional thread running from Faith-era Cure through to early Human league, or the Cocteau Twins best on 'Seven' to Boards Of Canada's most emotive moments on the stunning 'Dry And Dusty' or Aphex's paradoxically knowing melodic naivety on 'When I Grow Up'. The darkly sparse spirit and pop character of Fever Ray is typically Scandinavian, like a rich red claret to Alphabeat's fizzing bellabrusco with lead single and instant winner 'If I Had A Heart', or a sleeker and less eccentric Bjork jamming with Ryuichi Sakamoto on Triangle Walk' or a Swedish Kate Bush on the elegiac 'Keep the Streets Empty For Me'. Somtimes the most simple and well applied effects work the best and Karin's use of deathly pitched vocals throughout the set is just one of its defining touches, lending a transcendent depth to the technopop skip that lovers of classic Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk or Chris and Cosey will find good reason to fall deeply in love with. Utterly amazing. Album of the year anyone?
The self titled debut solo record from The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson is surely the years most anticipated album so far. We certainly couldn't argue with the legion of support marching in formation behind this gorgeously gothic pop masterpiece, from The OMM to The Wire and countless message boards across the web this is an album which has solidified the success of The Knife, but also added a level of cosmic dread that transcends the pop sensibility at the heart of the material. The album manages to snag on the intangible emotional thread running from Faith-era Cure through to early Human league, or the Cocteau Twins best on 'Seven' to Boards Of Canada's most emotive moments on the stunning 'Dry And Dusty' or Aphex's paradoxically knowing melodic naivety on 'When I Grow Up'. The darkly sparse spirit and pop character of Fever Ray is typically Scandinavian, like a rich red claret to Alphabeat's fizzing bellabrusco with lead single and instant winner 'If I Had A Heart', or a sleeker and less eccentric Bjork jamming with Ryuichi Sakamoto on Triangle Walk' or a Swedish Kate Bush on the elegiac 'Keep the Streets Empty For Me'. Somtimes the most simple and well applied effects work the best and Karin's use of deathly pitched vocals throughout the set is just one of its defining touches, lending a transcendent depth to the technopop skip that lovers of classic Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk or Chris and Cosey will find good reason to fall deeply in love with. Utterly amazing. Album of the year anyone?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:08 am
i've been rinsing this album non stop since i got it, it's probably my favourite of 09 so far.
concrete walls = goosebumps
concrete walls = goosebumps
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:20 pm
smells like viral marketing
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:33 pm
Eops wrote:Just bought this at lunch - sounds really good!
I cant ever trust a BoomKat review tho - they get so bloody excited about next to nothing half the time and sometimes I think they just like typing for the sake of it.
Bloody great shop/distro mind - just not the most succinct reviews!
Fever Ray ... very nice
@ Boomkat they are real music lovers, first I also thought what the heck are they loving?, but now I can agree with them (most of he time)!Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:39 pm
Hahaha you must be kidding! But it's a good one, just like the album and all the songs to be honoust!ginsu wrote:smells like viral marketing
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:29 pm
On my 4th listen of this album and it keeps getting better.
Boomkat reviews: should be used as a guide not a call to action
On track 6 now.... oh my
Boomkat reviews: should be used as a guide not a call to action
On track 6 now.... oh my
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:10 pm
Eops wrote:I have shopped at boomkat for many years now - I know their heart is in the right place and AS I SAID they run a fab outfit - but if you read their reviews every week (esp in the last couple of years) you have to admit that sometimes its not the most even handed stuff ... and forgive me but it can be a little self indulgent. Its a better world with them in for sure - but I have read reviews where it sounds like God popped into their office and did a 'road to damascus' on them - then you actually get the cd and well ... lets just say God must be to busy to hit the mailout.Tomre wrote:Eops wrote:Just bought this at lunch - sounds really good!
I cant ever trust a BoomKat review tho - they get so bloody excited about next to nothing half the time and sometimes I think they just like typing for the sake of it.
Bloody great shop/distro mind - just not the most succinct reviews!
Fever Ray ... very nice
Now I listen first ... otherwise I would pretty much OWN boomkat
Now note I am note dissing them ... just dosing up on a lil reality.
FEVER RAY gets better each listen BTW
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:00 pm
my bad. unfortunately i am unable to share your effusive positivity about that Feverray style. Its nice mid 90s amalgam of Owl/CT/KB but it doesnt rock my world.