06 December 2012

Jens Unmack "Vejen hjem fra rocknroll" (2005)

Vejen hjem fra rocknroll [debut]
release date: Jun. 13, 2005
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,06]
producer: Nikolaj Nørlund
label: Auditorium / A:larm - nationality: Denmark

Track highlights: 1. "Joyride" - 2. "Happy Ending (I den her verden vil jeg ikke være trist)" - 4. "Født på en søndag" - 5. "Der kommer en morgen" - 6. "(La la) Hollywood"

Studio solo debut album by Jens Unmack, lead vocalist and primary text writer of Love Shop. The band had just released its first and only best of album Sendt fra himlen (2004) after the band's lead guitarist and co-writer Hilmer Hassig had decided to leave the band.
The music here is associated with what Unmack made before joining Love Shop when he played bass guitar in the band Greene but mostly resembles the sound of Love Shop. It's mainly a pop / rock and subdued synthpop combo in a more intense and introvert expression. I don't find it extremely original, and it basically lacks memorable songs though I do enjoy Unmack's voice and his narrating universe. The album is his first in a series to be produced by (musician and producer) Nikolaj Nørlund.
[ read more: www.jensunmack.dk ]