very lush sounding, they've got some elements of electronica in there. They are gravitating toward more of a "garbage-ish" sound.
Their new single is incredible ("my favourite game") and the CD is totally not what you'd expect after hearing "Love fool" and the rest of the first album. Peter Svensson-guitar Produced by: Tore Johansson Comments: VERY good. Lasse Johansson-acoustic guitar, keyboards ( Turismo Release info: 1998-Polygram Availability: Wide Ecto priority: Recommended Group members: Steve Cameron-vocals Inga Zeppezauer-violin Produced by: Tore Johansson Comments: One of my top ten of the year. Peter Svensson-bass, guitar, percussion, piano, vocals Guest artists: Ivan Bakran-cello, double bass ( Band on the Moon Release info: 1996-Polygram Availability: Wide Ecto priority: Recommended if you like their other albums Group members: Lasse Johansson-guitar, piano It survives intact but barely recognizable, its lyrics, when exposed in the snowy glare of the Midnight Sun, revealed as silly and anything-but-ominous. The apparent giddy prankishness of their choice for the obligatory cover song, 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', pays off. Lyrics are not included, but those I've caught so far seem realistic and clearheaded-"and you can always say that you did no major harm"-and in none of the songs have they bitten off more than they could chew, that most common of songwriters' weaknesses. The original songs are all very strong, and none is over-serious or self-righteously heavy.
#THE CARDIGANS MY FAVOURITE GAME ACAPELLA SKIN#
Peter Svensson-bass, bells, guitar, percussion, piano, vibraphone, vocals Guest artists: Ivan Bakran-celloĪnders Nordgren-flute Comments: Their style is perfectly conveyed by the cover art, which depicts Nina, platinum hair peeking from beneath the white fur hat-trim, eyelashes like garden rakes, powdered cheek carefully not touching her clasped hands, lying prone on the fake ice, posing at us the elbows of her white-fur-trimmed, ice-blue skating dress lightly dusted with fake snow, her white skate boots waving girlishly and girlishly crossed at the ankles, her dairy-princess skin and grandma's-little-girl smile aglow. Ecto priority: Recommended Group members: Lasse Johansson-guitar, piano Life Release info: 1995-Minty Fresh Availability: In places that carry indie releases in the U.S.
#THE CARDIGANS MY FAVOURITE GAME ACAPELLA PLUS#
Plus they opened with my fave song of theirs, "Losers." ( from the radio hits, I found their Lilith Fair set to be largely forgettable. I enjoyed them live more than the album because they had more bite. Definitely the least appreciated of the bands playing, possibly because they were the most unlike the others. ( about live performance: You know, this is a classy pop act. But even the earlier stuff that sounds happy and bouncy on the surface is actually much less cheery when you actually listen to the lyrics. The new Cardigans is much, much darker than their previous output. Both of their recent CDs are in my top 10 of this year. ( far as the Cardigans, I wouldn't call them "bubble gum" or overly happy. This voice, with this accent, and the light, crystalline hi-hat-driven sound of the band, creates the effect of music carried to the listener through icy mountain air on a brilliantly sunny winter morning. They have in common (besides the Nordic diction) the breathy, flutelike voice that seems to gather all its tone from the throat and head and eschew the diaphragm entirely: the style usually associated with Marilyn Monroe. Nina, the vocalist of this Swedish? five piece, is a member of the Blossom-Dearie-by-way-of- Björk school of singing and at times is uncannily like Stina.
One of the best of the recent spate of Pop/Jazz/Rock chimerae. With a bit of Pizzicato Five PoMo playfulness. Wikipedia's entry on The Cardigans Comparisons: Stina Nordenstam/ The Smiths/ Pizzicato Five Covers/own material: Own and covers General comments: Stina Nordenstam fronts The Smiths.
The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - The Cardigans This site too slow? Try a mirrorĬountry of origin: Sweden Type of music generally: pop/ rock Status: Most recent release, Best Of (compilation, 2008) Super Extra Gravity (2005 Europe, 2006 U.S.) See also: The Cardigans' Official Site
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