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| Your Whole Life Is Leading Up To This (2004) |
YWLILUTT review.
(by Release Magazine) |
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Both Alexander Bard and Marina Schiptjenko have left Vacuum, leaving
vocalist Mattias Lindblom with knob twiddler Anders Wollbeck. Together
they make moody electronic pop, expertly produced – it just sounds
“sharp”, you know. Although, I feel the music is a bit too polished at
times and you’ve heard a lot of the beats and sounds before. Not a big
issue though, since most songs are memorable enough. Current single
“They Do it” features K (Chris Lancelot from Swedish pop band Dive),
and it’s an exquisite and eerie piece that’s way too good to be a huge
hit these days, unfortunately.
I’ve been a bit put off by Mattias dramatic vocal style before, but
this time around he’s toned it down a bit which is a-ok with me. At
first most songs just melted together in my mind, but after a couple of
listens they started to show their identities, even though some filler
tracks are scattered here and there. My usual advice about shortening
albums applies here.
I hope Vacuum can find an audience outside Russia this time, and it
might happen since great potential can be found on this album. Just
listen to “Something Evil I Like”, a slow brooding ballad that gives at
least me goose bumps.
Johan Carlsson
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