release date: Oct. 24, 2013
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]
producer: Teitur
label: Betty and Arlo Recordings - nationality: Faroe Islands, Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Hopeful" - 3. "Antonio and His Mobile Phones" - 4. "Rock and Roll Band" (official video) - 6. "It's Not Funny Anymore" - 8. "Indie Girl"
6th studio album by Teitur released just one year after the ep Four Songs is once again issued on his own label. Since then he also composed the music score to the short film "The Load" (2012) by Kristian Sønderby. Teitur released the score as The Load: Original Score (2013).
Stylistically, Teitur has moved into more orchestrated 'chamber pop' featuring strings and horns, and he has added something that sounds like 'country'. Sometimes it works, as on tracks #1 and #6, but for tracks #2, #5, #7, and #10, I don't really find that it works all that fine. Especially track #2, "If You Wait" is a bit of a strange artsy clone with traces of Laurie Anderson [!]. Not that I dislike Laurie Anderson any one bit, but for someone like Teitur, it's more than an extraordinary leap. He is obviously experimenting on this, leaving behind his artistic traits and the end result is a bit bland. There's much focus on lyrics but except for the above-mentioned highlights, I really don't appreciate it all that much and ultimately find it among his weakest albums to date. The one positive thing about it is that he keeps evolving and seems determined for new stylistic inputs.
Better luck next time, Teitur!
Better luck next time, Teitur!
