Every
so often a band comes along that you just can’t put your finger on. It seems like stating this is overrated and
perhaps even overdone by many so-called journalists, but the fact is that for
something like this to occur is not only a rarity in music but difficult for a
band themselves to accomplish.
When
you think about the history of music and the books that have been written about
it, there are just so many people out there who have put vocals, guitar, bass
and drums together to create sound. Not
all of them have been recorded, this is true, but when you do consider the vast
catalogue of recorded music that is at our disposal, it pains me to say I
cannot find a comparison point for Norwegian Arms.
There
is an indie pop sense to these songs, though I wouldn’t quite classify them as
indie or pop in other ways. Bands such
as Aloha come to mind just as quickly as Blue October, but then later on I can
even hear bits of The Police, so it isn’t so much that this is all over the
place as that it is treading new water.
One
of the biggest comparisons to make- though not entirely summing it up- would be
the earlier works of Modest Mouse, but again, this cool, sort of fun indie rock
with an acoustic vibe just makes you want to roll your windows down and drive
to the beach.
For
all the years that I have been doing this and I’ve been listening to music
practically since I was born and I’ve never heard something quite like this or
felt this way before, so just take a moment and let that notion resonate.
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