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| First Aid 4 Souls - Brutpop |
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| Written by Katrin Renner | ||
| Thursday, 19 November 2009 | ||
 Title: Brutpop Artist: First Aid 4 Souls Genre: Electro, Industrial, Experimental Release Date: 20th November 2009 Label: Electro-Arc Album Review Founded in 2006, the Hungarian formation FIRST AID 4 SOULS now delivers its second full-length recording entitled with `Brutpop´. According to the band’s statement, the musicians focus on mixing several stylistic devices. Indeed, it’s hard to pigeonhole the soundscape as you will find a lot of influences providing so many features that refer to different music genres. Thus, `Brutpop´ turns out to be a colourful and varied album which is addressed to open-minded listeners who enjoy smartly arranged, experimental melodies and traditional club stuff alike. For example, `Before the Light´ firstly appears as a typical up-tempo electro track with pulsating beats and synth effects. As soon as the soulful female vocals resound, the song gains liveliness and warmth making forget that this is a piece from the pen of an electro / industrial band. The second song `First Aid´ is an orchestral piano-driven opus with bombastic classical sounds, fragile female vocals and tender strings. Contrary to that, `Hairy-(ass)ed´ is striking due to the distorted and somehow weird vocals that are accompanied by pumping electro rhythms following the tradition of old school material. Connected to modern club sounds, the clear male vibrato vocals on `Crime and Punishment´ radiate a feeling of big city action and elegant understatement. Finally, the trance-like `The Wave´ comes up with playful crystal clear keys and is the innovative conclusion of a demanding album daringly juggling with pretty different styles. On the one hand, I particularly enjoyed those tracks sung by the female band members; on the other hand, I was kind of overstrained after listening to the all in all 13 tracks due to the recording’s prominently multi-layered soundscape. Therefore, `Brutpop´ isn’t easy listening stuff and might primarily attract listeners who are pleased by avant-garde and sophisticated electronic music. Tracklist 01. Before the Light 02. First Aid 03. Painkiller 04. Powa 05. Reconquista 06. Sui.Acid 07. The unborn Child 08. Wings of Morpheus 09. Hairy-(ass)ed (Hun Version) 10. Circus Maximus 11. Crime and Punishment 12. Robochan 13. The Wave Line-up Istvan Gazdag - all music Katalin Helfenbein - vocal, lyrics, drums Attila Palfalvy - vocal, drums, mastering Zoltan Havasi - visual, drums David Konsitzky - lyrics, vocal, guitar Eszter Agoston - lyrics, vocal, guitar David Konsitzky - Website Guest singers: Madalina Kertesz Linda Daemon from Drugzone Mark from I Am One Aaron Russell from Impurfekt & Tor Marrock! Website http://www.myspace.com/firstaid4souls / http://www.firstaid4souls.com/ Cover-Picture Rating Music: 7 Sound: 8 Extras: - Total: 7.5 / 10 Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts)
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