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MP3 Murmansk - Chinese Locks
10 MP3 Songs in this album (50:17) !
Related styles: ROCK: Shoegaze, ROCK: Noise
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The name of the band is maybe the best reference to their music: it''s rough-cut, distorted, partly shoegaze-like, partly noisy indie rock. The music varies in moods from distant and cold to intensive and dark.
Murmansk comes from Northern Europe, Helsinki, Finland. The band just released their critically acclaimed debut album Chinese Locks, and so far has been sharing the stage with such US acts as Liars (Mute) and Kinski (Sub Pop).
Some reviews:
"Oh my god this debut album by the Helsinki-based Murmansk is good! Word has it that they are even better live, something I find hard to believe as the beautiful and heavy soundscape of Chinese Locks is in perfect balance with the surrounding reality, especially when listening with headphones. The band''s aggressive shoegazing is like a streamlined block of concrete in a particle accelerator: ruthless, fragile and comforting." - 5/5 (Rytmi Magazine)
"Murmansk on the other hand, hearken back to the late-80s heyday of 4AD, evoking the darker, more ethereal qualities of artists like Cocteau Twins or Dead Can Dance, but tempered with the noisy outbursts of The Pixies. (...) It''s heavy, atmospheric and, all in all, immensely satisfying. And, for a debut album, quite impressive. Very recommended!" - 9/10 (It''s A Trap!)
"A WORLD OF CRUSHING BEAUTY
A dumbfounding debut by the Helsinki based band.
It opens with echoes, distant whale noises and frozen plateaus. Already the name of the band promises something enormous, wild and highly charged. And the contrasts, let''s not forget about them. Widescreen-claustrophobia. There''s a phrase to perhaps best describe what Murmansk is all about.
Not long ago, at their record release show at Helsinki''s Kuudes Linja, Murmansk came as if out of the blue and stole the show. The intense focus of the bassist, Olli, as he controls the bouncing powerline holding the songs together – with eyes affixed to the floor. The guitarist Jari''s Telecaster-tearing manic rage. Jaakko''s relentless drumfills. Coming to a chorus, the frontline kicks their pedalboards to full throttle, and over the barely contained chaos drifts the vocalist Laura''s heart-stopping scream.
Murmansk were followed by the American Kinski, and even though their set deserves a lot of credit, after Murmansk it still felt like an obsolete blues-exercise.
When it comes to young bands, that magic is usually gone by the time they get to their debut album. Thankfully, this is not the case with Chinese Locks. It is almost inconceivable how well the album captures the intensity of Murmansk''s live performances.
Just listen to the dizzying drum fills opening Pale, the clever reference to Sonic Youth''s Dirty Boots on Shallow End, the moody atmosphere in the spirit of Massive Attack and Portishead on Last Scene, and the Nirvana -like rage on the hidden track – how wonderfully nineties! And the way Laura gasps for air after every scream sounds like she''s getting buried alive in a landslide.
And so the journey continues, from harmony to dissonance, from walls of guitar to quiet, atmospheric parts. Murmansk cuts a wound in the soul with Chinese Locks, bleeding out the blood of a black heart and the beloved names of the 90''s: Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, The Cranes, Come, Huggy Bear, Ride, Catherine Wheel, Swervedriver, PJ Harvey and Fugazi.
Shoegazing. Mathrock. Hardcore. Postrock. All of that, but revived in a very refreshing way.” - 5/5 (Rumba Magazine)
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