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December 02, 2007
this is my dinosaur song [skipped November for no good reason]
Ungdomskulen - Witches Mate in the Underground
This is technically a rerun, but now I have an actual copy of the song, plus hey, who remembers last January anyway? I know I don't:
Like most of Ungdomskulen's 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. This song was made to play through the air over the heads of tiny, fragile human figures. All very good.
Ungdomskulen just released their freakishly excellent debut LP, "Cry-Baby", a little while ago. {BUY}
P.S. Grad school is making me delirious. I am looking forward to winter break.
Posted by Kevin at December 2, 2007 06:36 PM