Stereogum.com wrote: “Band to Watch!”
Eardrums wrote: “the sound of paradise comes from Denmark”
Slaraffenland is Danish for “the land of milk and honey” and this spring, Slaraffenland, the band, is bringing buckets of the good stuff to all good people on both sides of the Atlantic, with their third release, the full-length Private Cinema.
Private Cinema carries songs that are distinct, powerful, and melodic and at the same time enigmatic and searching. With the band's first-ever recorded vocals, Private Cinema beautifully brings together exquisite songwriting and improvisation with deliberation, skill and equal amounts of recklessness.
The band has spent years developing a sound that conjures everything from avant-garde to noise to melodious addictive rock to haunting unison vocals and Private Cinema is bound to thrill connoisseurs of differing bands like Sonic Youth, The Beach Boys and Akron/Family.
Based in Copenhagen, Slaraffenland found its final formation in 2002: Christian Taagehøj, Mike Taagehøj, Bjørn Heebøll, Niklas Antonsson and Jeppe Skjold.
The band began their own label, Honningmand Records, to release their self-titled debut album in 2004. This was quickly followed in 2005 by Jinkatawa, an EP produced by Mads Brauer and Casper Clausen (from Efterklang & Rumraket)
Private Cinema is release number eight on Rumraket and for this one the label is working closely with the lovely US label Hometapes. Together the two labels will make the album available in a vast number of countries across Europe and North America
Private Cinema is recorded on the same studio equipment as Efterklangs debut album Tripper and the two bands share a member, as Niklas also is part of the Efterklang live band.
My Old Kentucky Blog wrote: “It's multi-layered and very, very fresh. Their sound blends up Sonic Youth, some Sigur Ros and some Architecture In Helsinki even.”
Unable to start playerYou need Flash and Javascript enabled to prelisten tracks.
Get Flash here.
If you like this release, let other people know about it.
Bookmark this release or add it to your startpage so you'll remember it.
