Jeniferever

I’ve got mixed feelings about ‘choose a bright morning’, the first album by this swedish band. Some songs are incredibly great not too far from Mineral, Gregor Samsa, Ariel Kill Him, Appleseed Cast or Mew, but at other places their songwriting seems confuse with a lack of precision and ideas and too much production gimmicks.

Same things for the lyrics, incredibly well written on the first three songs and less and less coherent as you progress through the album. I’ve got the impression of a band grown too fast, a bit like Khonnor with ‘Handwriting’, but the achievement here is less complete.

I’m curious to discover how this band will evolve, which part of them will win, because finally if I’m not totally convinced by this record I still have spent many hours listening it compulsively.

jeniferever @ derives

Spokane

The recording of the new Spokane album seems to be a long and difficult process, even if the participation of Gregor Samsa members is very promising.

So it might be quite interesting to return spend some time with ‘measurement’, just to realize this record is maybe even more crucial these days, with the passing of years, and the memories of this last colder than usual European winter.

Rick, Courtney and Robert are at their best, playing this ethereal slowcore, crossing paths between the universes of early Low, Labradford, showing the direction to follow for their peers of Gregor Samsa (and not only to them).

spokane @ derives