04-11-2022, 17:34
FIRST AID KIT ~ Palomino
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The music marketplace is awash with B sides and Boxsets so was pleased to see First Aid Kit putting in an appearance with an actual album. Very much more pop than Ruins, but hey – they know melody, they have perfect pitch, they know harmony, and they know restraint – unfamiliar territory for a lot of mainstream artists. They’re not ABBA but they are definitely upholding a proud Swedish tradition of making hugely satisfactory sounds.
For me, not as enchanting as Ruins – there’s pop, and then there’s pop lite. The latter shows up a bit too much here for my taste. If you’re gonna give me sugar – give it to me wholeheartedly. Anyway – pretty sure MH and CH might like this if they dipped their toes in the water … beats the hell out of pretty much everything else out there ATM, IMHO. Apologies for acronyms which I may as well have written out by the time I’ve said sorry for ‘em. LOL! Funny ol’ world we are currently navigating our way through. Taylor Schmaylor ... just a lil' gauntlet
. They definitely have the edge as far as I'm concerned, with one reservation - sounds like they are trying to appease the USA market. Then again - the earth has become a village, so maybe not!!
The music marketplace is awash with B sides and Boxsets so was pleased to see First Aid Kit putting in an appearance with an actual album. Very much more pop than Ruins, but hey – they know melody, they have perfect pitch, they know harmony, and they know restraint – unfamiliar territory for a lot of mainstream artists. They’re not ABBA but they are definitely upholding a proud Swedish tradition of making hugely satisfactory sounds.
For me, not as enchanting as Ruins – there’s pop, and then there’s pop lite. The latter shows up a bit too much here for my taste. If you’re gonna give me sugar – give it to me wholeheartedly. Anyway – pretty sure MH and CH might like this if they dipped their toes in the water … beats the hell out of pretty much everything else out there ATM, IMHO. Apologies for acronyms which I may as well have written out by the time I’ve said sorry for ‘em. LOL! Funny ol’ world we are currently navigating our way through. Taylor Schmaylor ... just a lil' gauntlet
. They definitely have the edge as far as I'm concerned, with one reservation - sounds like they are trying to appease the USA market. Then again - the earth has become a village, so maybe not!!
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