Does anyone remember what the title of that major label CD single from a few years back by Komeda was? Yeah, the one I didn't buy. Well, I did buy the new Komeda album while I was in Sweden last month. And now I want to know. Do I have the single track?
Right, so Kokomemedada. Nobody's mentioned it yet? Honestly, it didn't seem all that impressive on the first listen. Maybe a bit muddled. But in retrospect, it must have just been a bit more complicated, because after the third or fourth listen it all makes sense. Seeming every bit as good as most any other Komeda record ever did when it was fresh off the griddle. Though a hair more moody this time. And every bit the record I need to put on at least once a day right now. That and Miss Universum's "Selfelected." More about that one later, perhaps.
Not feeling much luck embarking on a description of Komeda (but feeling very much like this list would be far more valuable to me if more people would endeavor to describe music), I'll mention this instead: Stefan Zachisson and I were sitting around listening to Hanna's show on P3. Something got said about whether a person ought to be able to recognize when a band is from Sweden or not. Styles, accents, whatever. And then I ask who the heck's on the radio, "sounds like the guy from House of Love...but wait a sec, that ba-ba-ba vocal in the background...that's like a post-Japan ba-ba-ba. There's *no way* that The House of Love ever would have had a vocal like that back in their day." Of course, both Stefan's jaw and mine dropped when Hanna announced that it was Komeda. Now, where the heck was he (Marcus?) hiding that voice all along. No stuttering, mind you.
Oh, and Erik, my money says "Nonsense" has nothing to do with NONS...or did you find out otherwise?
The other hot item I brought back from my trip is Miss Universum's album debut (the was a single I missed). Formerly of Doktor Kosmos' posse. The doctor made the music, in fact. But it's all Catti, spouting along, and fortunately for the likes of us, in English. Tomi from Cessna thought it was a bit B52s-ish, and that's fair (and just fine in Tomi's book). Though it's much artier. Mildly abrasive, artier side of girl-power lyrics. With good "buy nothing" politics, and none of the Chicks On Speed hipsterness, if that's something that puts you off. On good old NONS (North of No South), and worth supporting.
Over,
Alexander
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