Slaraffenland
Rock & Roll Hotel, Thursday, October 11
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Private Cinema is one of those records that just screams “album.” There are one million and one ideas pouring out of every nook and cranny. Little drops of sunshine pelt you in the face until a summer thunderstorm sneaks up from behind you. Startled, you turn and take it head-on. The songs are rarely in a hurry to get where they are going, but it’s such a delight when they arrive. Rock (post and otherwise), jazz (avant and otherwise), electronics (both “out there” and accessible), and vocals (sung, shouted, chanted, & hummed) all find themselves intermingling. What’s it sound like? I’m not quite sure. I guess to me, it sounds like Slaraffenland. This is one of those records that is the beginning of something huge. Something amazing and breath-taking. Something Danish, incidentally. [ Home Tapes ]