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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Inspired but no mere copyists, The Golden Filter get 3 * and 1/2 actually, due to the lack of a soaring, hit value track or two. This is sturdy 1980s synth-pop with mid-tempos and a chanteuse softly whispering on top. It is rather hard to tell the tunes apart as they are all rather good if mostly subdued.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is amazing album. In this year for sure, and maybe in few last years the best synth-electro pop album. The great electro pop names like la roux, kylie, cut copy, frankmusik etc. are far behind from this master piece. Buy it!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Are you kidding me? No one else has reviewed this??
4 Feb 2012
Format:Audio CD
At the moment this fine album is "Temporarily Out of Stock" on Amazon. It is available from Amazon UK. And, it was cheaper consider the exchange rate and shipping cost.
So what about the music?
If you like the current crop of 1908s New Wave and Synth Pop nostalgia, this might be for you. If Cosmic Disco is your scene, this might be for you. If you surfed the first New Wave of the 1980s as a teenager-to-twenty-something and did not devolve into a diet soft drink addled, sitcom addicted old person, this might be for you, too.
The item description mentions "string sections" and "an unearthly worlds with goddesses" or some such nonsense like it is a Middle Earth soundtrack. It is not despite actually having such elements, like the string sections at the start of the disc. But, "Freyja's Ghost" is more akin to something from a Lindstrom mix than a centuries Nordic Epic. "Solid Gold" channels the Golden Filter's full Cosmic Disco energies in possibly another homage to a past decade (wait, was there possibly a bit of self-promotion in those lyrics). "The Underdogs" could have been from a mid-80s high school prom or maybe the closing track for a John Hughes film. "Hide Me" also channels some of the more New Wave elements.
Yet, all is not entirely nostalgic, nor a regurgitation of a past generation's pop music, nor an attempt to jump on another scene or band wagon. The Golden Filter's roots and influences are discernable (MOJO magazine's February 2012 New Order tribute CD for further clarification), but they remain fresh. They throw just enough into their arrangments keep from having to solely rely on a hook or two and keep things sonically interesting.
Their other album, "Syndromes", is also quite worthy as well as the contribution to the above cited celebration of "Power, Corruption, & Lies" to which a cover version of "Age of Consent" was submitted.
The shame is that "Voluspa" is not easy to get a hold of unless you prefer downloads. Personally, I am snob with a pristine and powerful home entertainment system and consider MP3s and other download formats as a last resort. And, there is just something about owning a physical copy... anyway, I digress. I hope this selection becomes more widely available, because it deserves a wider audience.
So what about the music?
If you like the current crop of 1908s New Wave and Synth Pop nostalgia, this might be for you. If Cosmic Disco is your scene, this might be for you. If you surfed the first New Wave of the 1980s as a teenager-to-twenty-something and did not devolve into a diet soft drink addled, sitcom addicted old person, this might be for you, too.
The item description mentions "string sections" and "an unearthly worlds with goddesses" or some such nonsense like it is a Middle Earth soundtrack. It is not despite actually having such elements, like the string sections at the start of the disc. But, "Freyja's Ghost" is more akin to something from a Lindstrom mix than a centuries Nordic Epic. "Solid Gold" channels the Golden Filter's full Cosmic Disco energies in possibly another homage to a past decade (wait, was there possibly a bit of self-promotion in those lyrics). "The Underdogs" could have been from a mid-80s high school prom or maybe the closing track for a John Hughes film. "Hide Me" also channels some of the more New Wave elements.
Yet, all is not entirely nostalgic, nor a regurgitation of a past generation's pop music, nor an attempt to jump on another scene or band wagon. The Golden Filter's roots and influences are discernable (MOJO magazine's February 2012 New Order tribute CD for further clarification), but they remain fresh. They throw just enough into their arrangments keep from having to solely rely on a hook or two and keep things sonically interesting.
Their other album, "Syndromes", is also quite worthy as well as the contribution to the above cited celebration of "Power, Corruption, & Lies" to which a cover version of "Age of Consent" was submitted.
The shame is that "Voluspa" is not easy to get a hold of unless you prefer downloads. Personally, I am snob with a pristine and powerful home entertainment system and consider MP3s and other download formats as a last resort. And, there is just something about owning a physical copy... anyway, I digress. I hope this selection becomes more widely available, because it deserves a wider audience.
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