Thank you Timo Seybold! Timo Seybold I overworked the Google translated one. Now without german words and better grammar Two things first: The album title is misleading, as the bands name. The expatriate word Katzenjammer stands in the Norwegian home of the four musicians namely for inferior music. Rockland is written on the cover in which they have packed their eleven new songs: Waiting for driving drum beats, guitar riffs and roaring voices is useless. The last titular, track turns out to be the gentlest one: Tender string picking with velvety siren singing. Disappointing? Not at all. Significantly is the line Theres lights out in Rockland while we sing our songs - Did Anne Marit Bergheim, Solveig Heilo, Turid Jørgensen and Marianne Sveen eliminate the rockmusic? No. Its the kind song the DJ plays after a loud night with dancing through it, before the sunrise and all go home tired and exhausted. Not only enlightening piece on the album: Both Flash in the Dark in which a bright new morning in Neonville is sung about, and Shine Like Neon Rays turn out as a perfect feel-good songs. In the bouncing xylophone sounds no one can stand still. If you have never attended a concert of the band, get an idea of what there may goes on on the stage. The four are similar to those buskers, where hands, arms, feet, legs, head and mouth simultaneously play all kinds of instruments: accordion, mandolin, piano, drums, harmonica, banjo, trumpet, ukulele, glockenspiel, kazoo, bass balalaika and guitar - the instruments are changed around within the ladies of Katzenjammer. Polka rythms mix up with irish folk, a hint of pop, a bit of balkan and also a bit of blues, jazz and country: That’s the sound of Katzenjammer. It sounds very nice. Old de Spain, not only because of the sinister line Burn, burn, never return, but also musically, can be interpreted as a tribute to Johnny Cash, Oh My God, however, is a sung, sometimes even rapped gangster comedy. The label Gypsy folk is given them by their record company, because genre allocations are necessary in the music, if only to sort the album in the right shelf. They do not really want to decide.Even if their catchy tune Rock-Paper-Scissors, from the album A Kiss Before You Go, which has at least managed to get at number seven on the germany charts, was all about that. The sung language of Katzenjammer is English - but on their current third studio album the Four are making an exception for the first time: In My Own Tune there are a few verses to in Norwegian, which fits so well that one wishes Katzenjammer would more often sing in their native language. That is the only point of criticism. But really no reason to whine. (“Whine” is “jammern” in german, so it’s a pun )
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:16:06 +0000
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