release date: Feb. 22, 2010
format: digital (10 x File, FLAC)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,86]
producer: Efterklang, Gareth Jones
label: 4AD Records - nationality: Denmark
3rd studio album by Efterklang following 2½ years after Parades (2007) is the band's first on 4AD. The band is officially reduced to a quartet consisting of vocalist and songwriter Casper Clausen, keyboardist Mads Brauer, bassist Rasmus Stolberg, and drummer Thomas Husmer. Former member Rune Mølgaard is credited as co-composer and co-arranger of tracks #1 and #9.
Musically, this takes off almost exactly where Parades ended and sounds much like a Part 2 to that album, only this is a bit more indie pop-shaped, but I find that this one is with even lesser noteworthy highlights, thus making what should have paved way for an international breakthrough turns out as a bit of a soft landing making it the band's so far least favourable album.
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[ allmusic.com, NME 3,5 / 5, 👍The Guardian 3 / 5, SputnikMusic 2,5 / 5 stars ]
