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release date: Mar. 25, 2013
format: cd / vinyl (repress - Mellem 01 LP)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,66]
producer: Mads Brinch, Adrian Aurelius, Mellemblond
label: Mellemblond / Tigerspring - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Vågnede en morgen" - 2. "Et øje" (4 / 5) - 3. "Swimmingpoolens blå" - 5. "Drejer" - 6. "Riv" - 7. "Regner ind" - 8. "Hen over midnat" (single version feat. Steffen Brandt) - 10. "Lysvågen"
2nd full-length studio album by Mellemblond follows more than four years after the debut Ude af mine hænder (Jan. 2009). What had been initiated as a regular band has now transformed into a one-man project with music composed by vocalist Kristoffer Munck Mortensen, who also plays guitar and keyboard on the album. Other musicians on the album are former band members, which include Jens Hein on bass and keyboard, Adrian Aurelius on drums and keyboard, Mads Brinch on guitar, bass, and keyboard, and with Silas Tinglef on drums.
Since the 2009 album, the music has turned less neo-psychedelic and more indie pop and blues rock-founded with a distinct singer / songwriter profile. Munck Mortensen really has a characteristic vocal and he writes fine lyrics [in Danish], although, some may argue that he has lost some of the unique qualities in the more distorted psychedelic universe you'll find on the debut; however, it's no longer tied to the music of the late 60s and early 70s, and instead it builds on various influences from indie pop, folk rock as well as blues rock á la Dire Straits.
The album points in several directions, or you could say it shares a certain fluidity in terms of style, which by no means makes it less original - because that's exactly one of its strongest assets as a one of a kind.
I most certainly enjoy it.
[ Gaffa.dk 5 / 6 stars ]
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