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When I listen to other bands now, they remind me with every second the genre that they are located in. Wolfsheim broke the mould by being timeless due to the unique pitch of their singer's voice.
This latest album achieves perfection for the band, by experiments that turned out perfectly, honing their earlier synthy sound with outstanding production and a little classical and guitar-driven inspiration on occasion.
The highlights of the album are "Find You're Gone" (80s style radio-friendly synthpop single), "Approaching Lightspeed" (euphoric pop, though pop is too flimsy a word for the voice here, making this song sound like it should be the star of a modern opera) and "Kein Zuruck" is just a gentle German giant, reminding us that the English music world doesn't have the monopoly on beautifully-crafted ballads.
"I Won't Believe" is another one of the many songs on this album that grow on you, from a delicate electronic beginning to a bit of a guitar-celebrating climax by the end. You can almost imagine it being chosen at the title for some American TV show marketed around the world, propelling Wolfsheim into a deserved international household name.
I first heard Peter Heppner (the voice of Wolfsheim) guesting on a summer dance track, while I was in Romania. His voice haunted me all the months I was there.
Such a timeless, uniquely pitched voice did not seem to fit on typical all-beats-sounds-the-same Eurodance, the soundtrack for increased frenzied drinking of cheap beer in tacky bars across Europe. Once I got home and was able to do a little internet homework on Mr. Heppner, I discovered "Casting Shadows." Other singers strain to make the vocal point, Heppner just gets on with the job, singing in his measured way and soaring without apparent effort.
Don't be deterred by the German language songs if you can't speak the language - Hepper's voice means that it doesn't really matter. In fact, once you put this CD on, nothing really seems to matter except floating away into Wolfsheim's dreamland. I can't understand why this album isn't more well-known in the UK, US etc - I can only assume its unfashionable synthpop base means that it is not given the strong backing it deserves.
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