release date: May 16, 2016
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,12]
producer: Kåre Chr. Vestrheim
label: Propeller Recordings - nationality: Norway
Track highlights: 1. "My Name Is Liar" - 4. "My Mind Is a Bad Neighborhood" - 7. "Golden Ticket" - 8. "Deep Sea Diver"
3rd studio album by Norwegian quintet Highasakite following the successful 2004 album Silent Treatment.
Musically, the indie pop and synth pop band has made a further step into electropop on this, and the album was like the predecessor met by positive reviews from the Norwegian press - where the national radio channel, NRK P3 handed the album 6 out of 6 stars. The album also became the band's second consecutive release to sit safely on #1 on the national album charts.
Camp Echo is nicely produced and with much focus on harmonies and a tight electropop sound. I only wish they would dare incorporate a bit more aggressiveness and originality, 'cause it does tend to sound a wee bit anonymously and dare I say: a taste of Eurovision song contest, which I didn't hear on the predecessor, and which, imho, makes this a bit redundant.
