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Crime Waves
Jan 15th
~ Taxi Doll – “Waiting” (Josh Harris Remix) ~
The slower main version is good, but Josh Harris gives the track a great energy boost, making it suitable for the clubs as well as the charts. Even the vocals during the chorus sound better in this version. A fun not to mention catchy song!
~ Smothered In Hugs – “The River” ~
Bands who dare to put one of the best track at the end of the album always gets a little bit of extra respect from me (as long as the album as a whole is still good that is). Smothered In Hugs have done just that with “The River” – quality Canadian indie-pop with piano playing so peppery it would make Chris Martin’s mouth water. And yes, the whole album is good.
~ Pluramon – “The Monstrous Surplus/Turn In” ~
Modern shoegaze, need I say more? Beautiful track with childlike vocals that strongly reminds me of the singer from The Cranes. Fact is, hadn’t I know that this was a Pluramon track I would’ve easily assumed it was by The Cranes.
~ The Search – “We Fell Asleep In Each Others Arms And Never Woke Up Again” ~
Swedish The Search have a real knack for making new wave inspired indie-pop, probably more prominent than ever on this track thanks to the synthesizers. Makes me a bit nostalgic as it reminds me of a bunch of bands from the 80s I used to listen a lot to.
~ Breathless – “Over And Over” ~
Wonderful (and sorely under appreciated) shoegaze/dream pop from the early 90s. Sounds a rather lot like Pale Saints mixed with a bit of Galaxie 500, especially on this ballad that slowly builds up and expands as more instruments are added. Beautiful track, no doubt.
The Search
Apr 20th
I first heard The Search about a year ago when stumbling over one of their songs online. The song, “Love Shock” was a throwback to the 80’s synthpop, something which I rarely can resist. So yeah, I got hooked.
Unfortunately I didn’t find anything else by the band for a long time. But a few days ago I got an e-mail about their up-coming album Saturnine Songs along with some MP3s – yay!
And what can I say? The Swedes are still staying true to their synthpop sound, although it seems a bit more polished this time around. The press release mentions The Cure and Joy Division as comparisons, but personally I think they sound more like mixture between 80s band Blue Nile and fellow Swedes The Ark.
Either way, I like it!
Saturnine Songs will be available worldwide on April 25th.