At det ikke bare var tomme ord,
da jeg forleden påstod, at ’Seek Warmer Climes’ med københavnske Lower har fået en varm
modtagelse i udlandet, behøver jeg dybest set ikke at dokumentere. Men al den
stund, at man efterhånden kan fodre svin med ekstremt begavede kommunikationsfolk,
der kan deres håndværk til fingerspidserne og ofte er forbandede gode til at
skjule, at der ikke er et reelt indhold bag deres hurtige budskab, gør jeg det nu
alligevel.
Jeg begynder med Pitchfork, der
har visse forbehold:
“Lower aren't making pop songs, but the best
songs here have hooks.” Et stykke længere fremme, hedder det: “That said, even
in Seek Warmer Climes' less impactful tracks, there are glimmering moments, and
it's a testement to Lower that it's hard to discount any of the songs in their
entirety.”
Allerede her har jeg nået et
punkt, hvor jeg tænker dét album skal jeg have fat i. Fortsætter jeg så med
Consequence Of Sound, føler jeg mig endnu mere sikker:
”Here’s the deal. Traditionally, music either
does one of two things for me: 1) It gets me through the motions, or 2) Tells a
great story worth hearing again and again. The former is why I’ve clutched onto
albums like Joy Division’s Closer, Wire’s Pink Flag, or My Bloody Valentine’s
Loveless. The latter is why I’ll listen to The Replacements’ “Sixteen Blue”
anytime or anywhere. Lower falls into column one and feeds into a certain
aggression that I’ve been trying to stave off.”
PopMatters-anmeldelse gør det
sidste stykke arbejde for mig:
“Seek Warmer Climes, despite the endgame
implied in the title, is a complicated record about expanding your horizons,
about settling with yourself in the moment and finding new things about
yourself in new experiences. But it’s not just about a change of scenery to
change yourself, it’s also about the various ways in which we hide”
At jeg også medtager de
afsluttende ord fra All Music Guides kritik, er blot for at fortælle, at der er
hold i min påstand:
”Lower stand out for their unique blend of
cathartic explosions and restraint, creating something remarkably powerful in
their use of dynamics and tense pacing.”
Lyt med nu på torsdag, d. 26.
juni, hvor Lower kommer forbi Mod Strømmen. Det sker mellem kl. 18-20 på 98.9 FM eller via livestream.
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