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Here Comes the Wind

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  • Audio CD (18 Feb 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Brille
  • ASIN: B000RPCEU2
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 82,384 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Party 3:36£0.69
Listen  2. Freejazz 2:40£0.69
Listen  3. Heaven 3:25£0.69
Listen  4. Smoke In The Desert, Eating The Sand, Hiding In The Grass 3:23£0.69
Listen  5. Life On The Beach 2:58£0.69
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Listen  7. Put On Hold 2:46£0.69
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Listen  9. I'm In Love And I Don't Care Who Knows It 1:42£0.69
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Listen11. Seawise 3:18£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Envelopes are not a band afraid of wearing their influences on their sleeves. Take "Party", the opening track from Here Comes the Wind, a whirl of caustic guitars and low-slung bass lines that's so Pixies it hurts--at least until vocalist Henrik Orrling throws in a reference to Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" just to confuse you: "Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart/Totally f**ked from the start". Elsewhere on their second album, Scandinavian rockers Envelopes roll along merrily, swiping from pop culture as they go, and discarding it just as readily. "Heaven" has something of the skinny chug of Talking Heads circa '77, while elsewhere there's a splash of sassy B-52s chat in the vocal interplay between Orrling and female singer Audrey Pic. Nothing's quite that regimented, though, meaning Envelopes are feel to give the record's mid-point over to some whimsical experimentation--"Boat" disappears into a peculiar sonic soup of wobbling echo and walkie talkies, while the following "Put on Hold" is an oddly freeform electro-pop song powered by chunky organs and Casio hand-claps. It's an unfocused sort of fun, but no worse for it. --Louis Pattison

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's Been a Long Time Coming., 25 Feb 2008
By William J. Walker "Billyjay" (England) - See all my reviews
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Their previous album "Demon" was probably my most-played of 2006 and rates as one of my favourite of recent years. The fabulous 'Freejazz' single left me pining for more. I just didn't expect to be pining for this long! Yes it's been 2 years and I must say I find it strange, that after all that time, the album contains the single and its B-side 'Put On Hold', all be it in re-recorded versions.

Their first album provoked comparisons to the Pixies, which I thought missed the importance of the streak of wild playfulness and off kilter humour that made them sound so unique. It is ironical then that I find myself hearing the Pixies in the first half of this album so strongly, indeed the bass line on the opening track is pure Kim Deal.

I don't know if it was a conscious decision or not but, with the exception of brilliant 'Freejazz' the first five tracks on this album are fairly standard indie rock, which isn't to say they aren't good, and they will certainly go down well with fans of the genre, they just lack that unique Envelopes 'something' that made the first album so special. It's not 'til track six("Boat" an Audrey Pic showcase)that the album really kicks in. Everything after this is classic Envelopes with inventive playfulness to the fore(dull old curmudgeons should steer clear). A real stand-out is 'Put On Hold' which I hadn't been too keen on when I first heard it on the single but, in this newly minted form, is a real treat.
Alas the album finishes way to soon and at 35 minutes could do with another couple of songs. Having said that, I hate it when an artist throws on some dull filler just to make up the numbers so I'll take this.

I must admit I teetered back and forth between 4 and 5 stars and ultimately decided to give them the benefit of the doubt as there isn't actually a duff track on the album.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Starts off like a hurricane but descends into a series of exasperating squalls, 16 Mar 2008
By russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews
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How to snatch mediocrity from the jaws of victory . Envelopes -the half Swedish half French band follow up their 2005 debut album "Demons" with an album that's half inspired wonky guitar rock and half tepid party hard experi-mental gonzoid errr rock. An album that kicks off with some terrific Pixies style feral guitar anthems skitters awkwardly into a couple of turgid nonsensical mainly instrumental jams and ramshackle self indulgence. For all this I would recommend hearing Here Comes The Wind but be prepared to hit the skip button.
The album stars well with the skittish guitars of "Party " and the phenomenal vigorous bass of "Freejazz" with it's nonsense lyrics. "Heaven" is like The Pixies "Subbacultcha" sung by the Orchids while the bouncing bass and itchy rhythm guitar of "Smoke In The Desert , Eating The Sand , Hide in The Grass" is like the Young Marble Giants covering Talking Heads. "Life On The Beach" is like Thin White Rope if they had lightened up a bit and by now I was thinking this album could be a classic.
"Boat" , while a heartfelt song about a mothers fear of mortality , is a little too lo-fi at first but works up a terrific sonorous froth . "Put On Hold" though is an awful unfocused mess , "I'd Like To CU" starts with vibrant guitar slashes but becomes fiddly and annoying and "I'm In Love And I Don't Care Who Knows It" revokes the Pastels at their most incoherent . "What's The Deal" is what you may well ask as Audrey Pic struggles vocally over screeching trebly instrumentation. "Seawise" lacks a tune of any note , sounding like a half arsed retread of what has gone before.
While it's commendable to experiment and try disparate styles this album doesn't gel ...the first six songs apart that is. When it loses focus and any identity after "Boats " it just becomes tiresome quite quickly . Which is frustrating after what has gone before but there again I seem to be on my own with this opinion . For me Here Comes The Wind starts off blowing a gale but declines into a series of exasperating squally showers.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Can't put it down, 16 Mar 2008
By Mr. Peter J. Stevenson "Pete" (N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
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I'm not convinced that this is a great album, but after a good handful of weeks I'm still unable to put it down. There's some fantastic rhythm and great timing which forms really catchy songs. Vocals are fine; I really like Pic's accented English.

It'd be a struggle to get a better opener than Party and there are a few more quality songs in there, although I think Put on Hold (#7) and Seawise (#11) let the side down - but it plays very well as a whole. Very enjoyable, highly recommended.
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