Antenne
"#3" CD
Helmet Room
Recordings
Genre: experimental pop,
electronic, pop
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 23, 2008 |
Dark, elegant, and ultimately mesmerising, Antenne's #3 is an
excellent mood album with a haunting edge. Mysterious electronics and
Marie-Louise Munck's gloomily delicate vocals create a
sprawling, non-linear atmosphere that makes #3 a joy to
explore. Although less patient listeners may become frustrated with
the slow, almost lackadaisical approach employed by Antenne,
this album excels because it maintains a melodic sensibility
throughout. Relevant frames of reference
include a more abstract Portishead, and an experimental
Sarah McLachlan, although Antenne is less traditional than
either.
Particularly enchanting is the pretty
"Blue Light," which builds a miraculous song out of sparse
electronics, guitar twinkles, and delicate singing. The background
electronics imply a sense of something impending, feeding well into
the post-rock-meets-Unkle "Ernst," a haunting instrumental
built on a quaint piano loop. Also copacetic
are spacey "Long to Kiss," whose foundation is a unique series of
electronic tones, and "End," a sinewy mini-epic with a confessional
vibe.
Although #3's eight tracks frequently sprawl out to the six
minute mark, the album's expansive architecture allows time to elapse
without tedium setting in. The result, ultimately, is a wonderfully
atmospheric experimental pop record. Because of its elegant maturity,
it should also appeal to a wide range of open-minded audiences -
essentially, anyone willing to accept its intriguing
unconventionality.
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Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 8 tracks, distributed by
the
label,
released 2008] |
