フォーマット |
CD |
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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 (ヨーロッパ盤) |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2009年09月28日 |
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規格品番 |
X3068402 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
5099930684027 |
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構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:45:05
Personnel: Erik Glambek Boe (vocals, steel guitar, nylon-string guitar, piano); Erlend Oye (vocals, steel guitar, nylon-string guitar, background vocals); Tobias Hett (viola); Davide Bertolini (upright bass). Audio Mixers: Ingar Hunskaar; Robert Jonnum; Davide Bertolini. Recording information: Esagono Studios, Rubiera, Italy; Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway; Nordnes, Bergen. Photographers: Ase Holte; Danielle Rubi. In the five years since their last record, the duo of Erlend Oye and Erik Glambek Boe have each been busy, Oye with DJ gigs and his other band the Whitest Boy Alive, and Boe with his day job and fighting Clear Channel in their hometown of Bergen, Norway. Getting back into Kings of Convenience mode sounds like it was as easy as putting on a fresh pair of socks. Their third album, DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE, sounds like it could have been recorded at the same session as RIOT ON AN EMPTY STREET; it's just as relaxed, mellow, and dreamy. The pair's voices blend like honey and more honey, each of them possessing vocal chords made of cotton candy. They twine their voices around complex but warmer-than-a-Snuggie harmonies on every song; the comparisons to Simon & Garfunkel still hold up, though by now they really sound most like themselves, and not imitators. This album is sparser than the last; there are no guest vocals and very infrequent extra instruments (strings, piano). It gives the proceedings a very intimate sound, between this, the duo's hushed voices, and the peaceful songs, it's even quieter and more subdued than anything they've done so far. The mood of introspective reflection never breaks, and almost becomes unbearably powerful on a track like "My Ship Isn't Pretty." Boe and Oye pull no punches and spare no emotions, they are skilled veterans who know how to format and pace an album. The only thing the record lacks is a song as catchy as "I'd Rather Dance with You," or any songs with drums. It's not really a problem, though, since the overall effect of the album's melodies adds up to something just as powerful. A few of the songs stand out as possible singles, too, like the bossa nova-y "Mrs. Cold" or the almost peppy anti-war song "Rule My World." The lack of drums isn't much of a problem,either, the acoustic guitars that underpin the songs provide all the rhythmic push they need. Adding drums might have spoiled the introspective and feather-light feel of the record. Anyone who's been on their bandwagon all along will be glad of that, as they'll rejoice that DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE turns out to be another autumnal treasure from the Kings.
録音 | ステレオ (Studio)
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1.[CD]
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1.24-25
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2.Mrs Cold
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3.Me in You
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4.Boat Behind
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5.Rule My World
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6.My Ship Isn't Pretty
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7.Renegade
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8.Power of Not Knowing
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9.Peacetime Resistance
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10.Freedom and Its Owner
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11.Riot on an Empty Street
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12.Second to Numb
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13.Scars on Land
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結成10周年を迎えたノルウェーのインディー・ポップ・デュオによるニュー・アルバム。ますます純化したとろけるほどに美しいコーラス・ハーモニーと、音響へのこだわりをひしひしと感じさせる繊細なサウンド・プロダクション、そして豊潤なメロディー――これ以上ないほどシンプルで洗練された、ワビサビの境地とも言うべき上質なポップスをたっぷり聴かせてくれる。この安定感は流石です。
bounce (C)冨田明宏タワーレコード (vol.314(2009年09月25日発行号)掲載)
美しい歌声とアコースティックギターの旋律が心地よいです。哀愁のある歌声のハーモニーはサイモン&ガーファンクルを彷彿とさせますね。ジャケットからも感じるのですが、独特の郷愁みたいなものを帯びた切ないアルバムです。
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