If we didn’t know better, we would have sworn that Sweden has to be the motherland of Synth Pop after listening to this album,. “A Soft Exchange” marks the return of an icon of this musical genre with a fulminant new album – and there is hardly a band these days that is living this sound the way Elegant Machinery do. The two advance singles “Feel The Silence” and “Move” both catapulted the likeable Swedes into the single charts in their home country and filled us with big expectations. And the band delivers just as brilliantly on album-length. Breezy melodies, polished arrangements and solid beats… Elegant Machinery prove once again that they are masters at writing catchy, electronic tunes, all executed sensitively by Robert Enforsen’s soothing voice. It doesn’t matter whether you take elating rhythmic tunes such as “Bleeding Words” or “With Grace” or minimalist ballads such as “Hold On” – Elegant Machinery have succeeded at the feat of writing an album on which each song is a potential single. “A Soft Exchange” is club-compatible feel-good-music for sophisticated people. The most successful Swedish Synth Pop band is returning with a bang! [Release: 28th Nov 2008]
Tracklist
01. With Grace
02. Move
03. Do You Know
04. A Soft Exchange
05. Feel The Silence
06. Path Of Angle (Instrumental)
07. Bleeding Words
08. Hold On
09. Firm
10. Is This The Way
Source: Newsletter / www.outofline.de
