Leírás
Alternative/Indie Pop, Beach Boys-os Indie Pop, 2022-es album.
Limited edition Jewel case CD kiadvány.
The Loch Ness Mouse celebrate 30 years as a band and release a new album to coincide with the anniversary. Album „III” completes the trilogy that began with the self-titled record from 2016 and was followed up by II in 2019 (both also released on the well-respected Japanese label P-Vine). Where the first was the tight and elaborate pop record, the next one more moody and atmospheric, the new record is possibly a bit more extreme, free-spirited and cheerful.
Together, the trilogy nevertheless gives a coherent picture of what has been the band’s project for the past ten years: melodic and sophisticated pop from a working-class perspective, with strong elements of soul and jazz, based on the songwriting of the brothers Jørn and Ole Johannes Åleskjær. The new album features, among others, ex-member Hilma Nikolaisen and jazz/contemporary names such as Morten Barrikmo (Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Oslo Sinfonietta) and Lars Tormod Jenset (Espen Eriksen Trio).
For much of their career, the Norwegian indie pop ensemble the Loch Ness Mouse made the kind of jangly, easygoing, Beach Boys-influenced indie pop that brought to mind „California Snow Story”, „Sambassadeur”, and „Nobody” & the „Mystic Chords of Memory”.
YouTube video:
„III” (official audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks72WW4QHEI
„Restore My Ears” (live 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyLy0dR-04
Felvételek:
1. Short Comical Intro
2. Tune To Green
3. Shibboleth
4. The Summer At The Sawmill
5. The Savignyplace
6. Stories
7. Life In the Datsche
8. III
9. Johnnie From the Nightshift
10. The Innermost Point
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