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At the end of January,
Gek Van Muziek (former editor of Indiestyle) was one of the first blogs
worldwide to announce the new cd of Klimt1918 from Italy. The release of
"Just in case we'll never meet again" was planned for April, but
for several reasons the album arrived in the shops only about one month
ago. So we think it's about time for a review.
We won't try to hide it: we are desperately looking to find a way to force
this album out of our iPod and cd-player. In vain. The music on "Just in
case..." is so irresistible that an unknown power, stronger than we are,
convinces us every time to play it again and again and again. We often
hear a mix of two of our favourite bands: Editors in the melodies, My
Bloody Valentine in the background sounds. Apparently Klimt1918 has a
metal past. A lot of music lovers now describe this band as post-rock. I
don't know which music they currently listen to at the post office, but I
don't think these Italians often come out of the speakers. I think Klimt1918
use too many verse-chorus-verse structures to be called post-rock. They
probably often use shoegaze pedals, but people who like classic guitar
indie music will surely enjoy the melodies that are often poppy, so they
should surely give this band a chance.
My absolute favorite is "Suspense Music", a song that can get straight
through one door with "Fingers in the factories" of Editors and therefore
deserves to be played several times a day on Stubru (the biggest Belgian
alternative radio station). This is also a group that should have figured
on the bill of the Pukkelop Festival and the Lowlands festival, even
though we have to admit that the programme of these festivals already
looks very good.
The subtitle of "Just in case..." is 'Soundtrack for the cassette
generation'. On this cd, Klimt1918 combine the best of genres like new
wave, post-rock, post-punk, indie and noise into a result that sounds
really homogeneous. Who buys this record is undoubtedly going to get a lot
of pleasure from it, at home, but also during parties. This is a candidate
for my top 10 of the year. Is that clear? You can listen to a couple of
songs from this album on myspace. Convince yourself. |
