Released
1998
Label
Reviewed by
Rafael
Romero
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Last Edit/Update
08 June, 1998
Magenta
PERIODE
Track Listing
2. Great Star
3. View
4. Flowers of Irony
5. Blue Psycho
6. American Dream
7. Reality Bites
8. Sorry
9. Falling
10. Inside
Is this what pop will sound like in the upcoming century? Cranes´s Mark Francombe collaborated effort in which most songs have a dream pop feeling to them that results in sort of a Lush-goes-techno sound. An unimprovable LP debut and a logical follow-up to their homonymous Mini CD. An ever-present distorted guitar against a dreamy background formed by samples and loops is the distinctive feature of this band. Female vocals give an additional pinch of sweetness, although -- talking about contrasts -- some of the lyrics are not all that sweet "I´m inside your fucking head."
At times they give in to industrial ("Blue Psycho"). At times they go as poppy as their conscience allows them ("Reality Bites"). This Swedish two-piece formed in 1995 breaks ground by going plain. A pretty straightforward make-up to the tunes -- mostly 3-or-4 note structure -- blending fantasy-like, trippy synths and aggressive, awakening guitars, lures the listener to a trap, envelopes him, and wont let go until the music stops.
