Edvard

Some of the less accessible works from EKV. The songs are darker as the themes are clearly influenced by the pre-war atmosphere which was omnipresent in the balkans at that period.
Personally, i got hooked on it for a long period. In retrospective, there was some cold wave vibe through the whole album. A sens of emptiness that is characteristic for bands such as Bauhaus but with layered compositions which EKV had the magic formula.
As with all EKV albums, it's a snapshot of their creative ... read more

Few albums made an impact on me as this one. I used to put on repeat Intro and the cover from Joy division's Interzone. One of my all time favorite opening to an album.
The rest of the album is a hard rock (quite reductive but i''m lacking a better word) explosion with social conscientiousness. It's bleak, hard, Clark's vocals are dirty and "they rock n' roll!"
It's funny to hear Donal T. being mentioned in '91 (Wasteland). Some things never ... read more

They sound like they don't care, they sound unimpressed, they're bloody talented and the sax is fantastic.
I needed this.

I'm not familiar with Rosalia's previous works so i gave this album a shot free of any comparison. It's a clearly well produced record and i could feel the intention to make something deeper and diversified.

As somebody who listens music in different languages on regular bases, the fact that are several languages involved wasn't really impressive. To clarify, the whole album has such an overwhelming influence of Fado/Flamenco (which is a good thing) that i didn't took ... read more