(Long Branch Records,2013)
moj omiljeni norveski bend se vratio
Arriving at the launch pad of their fifth studio album, Norway’s The Low Frequency In Stereo are now about to take off. After years of flirting with the paramours of psychedelia, post-punk and retro space-rock these five Scandinavians have reached a point at which they are ready to shed the skin of their influences and stretch out into the firmament all on their very own.
Praised by the likes of David Fricke (Rolling Stone Magazine) and Michael Stipe (R.E.M) The Low Frequency In Stereo follow up their artistic triumph of the last album Futuro. The fifth incarnation of the band, called “Pop Obskura”, manifests the second consecutive collaboration with Norwegian producer Jørgen Træen (Motorpsycho, Jaga Jazzist, Kaizers Orchestra).
The band has set out to create a timeless, song- and vocals oriented artpop-album for a seasoned audience. Let's say compost rock meeting 60's cellar decadence. All in all it shows a cooler and subtler approach than the noisier venture of its predecessors, invoking associations to Broadcast, Yo La Tengo, Electrelane and Stereolab. References nonwithstanding, however, the tracks are of course all wrapped in the unique and easily identifiable soundscape guise that is and has always been The Low Frequency in Stereo.
"Pop Obskura" is released on 7th October through Long Branch Records / SPV
THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO - COLETTE (SUBIE SUBIE)
prvi singl - kidanje!!
On ‘Elevated Desecrated’ they build upon a solid foundation of Farfisa organ and B-52 voices by adding an extra dimension to what once might have been called dream pop. The incessancy of ‘Colette (Subie Subie)’ fills in the gaps that were left between the end of surf music and the birth of garage rock, whilst ‘Curly Hair’ reincarnates latter-day Cocteau Twins for the here and now. ‘Cybernautic’ may dance a jitterbug across a futuristic discothèque floor but ‘Black Receiver’ takes a much more frenzied approach to the modern dance, bringing spiralling guitar and hip-hop even further to the boil.
‘Satellites In Sight’ has the outline of Neu!’s ‘Hallogallo’ firmly in its cross-hairs but still sounds fresh and alive as Hanne Andersen’s muted trumpet adds a vivid splash of colour to the song’s coda. Like the soundtrack to some existential road movie, ‘Ionic Nerve Grip’ flushes out the past in a swirl of claustrophobic dub and echoed spoken word before drifting into the equally hypnotic neo-psychedelic instrumentation of ‘White Echo’. And ‘Secondhand Nation’ is pure evolutionary pop music, a curious blend of the innocence of sub-French chanson with a far greater, much grittier contemporary sensibility.
Pop Obskura is a mature, reflective work that demands repeated listens. It announces The Low Frequency In Stereo’s arrival at a staging post in time where they are able to re-evaluate the relative merits of their musical past and use this as a true springboard for their very own sound for both this day and tomorrow.
Pop Obskura will be available through Long Branch Records as a CD Digipak, coloured LP (180g incl. CD) and Download on 7th October (in Europe) and 5th November (in North America)
