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Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV
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2008 was Nadja's year... in this little corner of the world. In a year of ever-decreasing physical purchases, and ever-increasing optimism about music-as-art (Yes, really), Nadja were one of a handful of bands who gave me the thrill of tracking down some beautifully – or charmingly – packaged records, and leafing through import magazines (Under the Radar, Skyscraper) for the interviews that first brought them to my attention. Hey, I even bought the T-shirt. Maybe it’s the idea of a male-female duo playing extreme music together; maybe it’s the sense of post-rock having reached a plateau; or maybe this is just the best development in (ambient) music since Cluster met Eno... or (in metal) since The Melvins decided they really hate their audience. Briefly, Nadja carve out great slabs of sound, throbbing and trudging to melodic resolution with incredible slowness, over an entire side of vinyl at a time; you want to say “tectonic” and “chthonian” but not “glacial” because the fuzz-bass is so warm, rising through your feet, and the layered drones are so disorienting. In 2008, the Canadian duo re-worked their early CD-Rs with a drummer, gushed out some collaborations (in rust, scab, or verdigris sleeved vinyl), produced an album of manipulated Classical music (in the style of Eno’s Discreet Music or Bazinski’s Disintegration Loops), and most importantly, tied one hand behind their backs and still produced a masterpiece of ambient-metal, namely Desire in Uneasiness, which sees both Aidan and Leah playing bass, without a six-string in sight....full text |
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Incroyable album de covers, mais dont le choix des groupes n'est finalement pas si étonnant que ça quand on connait bien Nadja héhé. Par contre quel résultat! 01. Only Shallow (My Bloody Valentine cover) 02. Pea (Codeine cover) 03. No Cure For The Lonely (Swans cover) 04. Dead Skin Mask (Slayer cover) 05. The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha cover) 06. Needle In The Hay (Elliott Smith cover) 07. Long Dark Twenties (Kids In The Hall cover) 08. Faith (The Cure cover) ps: il me semble bien que le titre de l'album "when i see the sun always shines on tv" est un passage du morceau Pea de Codeine, apres je peux me tromper....full text |
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Toronto-based duo Nadja has announced the impending release of their eight-song cover album. When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV will be released on April 28th via The End Records. The band's cover of My Bloody Valentine's "Only Shallow" can be streamed online here. The tracklisting is as follows: 1. Only Shallow (My Bloody Valentine) 2. Pea (Codeine) 3. No Cure For The Lonely (Swans) 4. Dead Skin Mask (Slayer) 5. The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha) 6. Needle In The Hay (Elliott Smith) 7. Long Dark Twenties (Kids In The Hall) 8. Faith (The Cure)...full text |
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