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January 24, 2007
The longest logical truth tree
So. I can barely remember how to do this, but I'm going to ease back into it.
Ungdomskulen, whom I discussed here and here, have put a new song up on their website, "Witches Mate in the Underground". Like most of their songs, "Witches Mate..." is a tightly controlled, guitar-scrawled track, and as with the amazing "Ordinary Son", the band stretches it out well past the six minute mark. Ungdomskulen do an exceptional job of taking elements that, extracontextually, would be considered harsh and abrasive, and putting them (these sandpapery noises) into songs that are bustling with hooks and intensely catchy phrases. Along the lines of what I said before- they're a melody-minded, Norwegian, sharp, brittle rock band. I think they must be about done recording their new album, so let's cross our fingers that it comes out (stateside) sometime in the near future. It's recommended that you listen to this song while engaging in the following activities: building a deck, getting pumped up for ghostbusting ( a la Venkman, Stanz, Spengler, and Zedmore), crossing a river on a high rope bridge, and chasing down someone you love. All good things.
Posted by Kevin at January 24, 2007 10:07 PM