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| Friendly Fires. |
What up! This Monday, kids, three very interesting albums hit the shelves! I'm not sure I'm gonna buy all three of them, but i thought I'd talk you through them anyway!
First and foremost, Friendly Fires release their sophomore full-length, Pala, on XL Recordings. I was crazy about their eponymous 2008-debut, and many others were too - it was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, and spawned numerous pretty big hits. Pala is the first we've heard from the St. Albans outfit since then, except for midway single 'Kiss of Life', which was a bit mediocre. To be perfectly honest, Pala seems to be the same. It's streamable right here, and really I was not impressed. Actually, I might end up not buying it.
It so happens that the two other releases this Monday are much more interesting. One is Danish band When Saints Go Machine, who are releasing their international debut, Konkylie (yeah, really...). Domestically, this is their second full-length effort. Their debut album, Ten Makes A Face, has really made inroads for me the past few months, and Konkylie might be even better. Some of the stuff we've heard so far, such as 'Add Ends' and 'Church and Law' do sound extremely promising. It seems to be more melancholic than the debut, which suits Nikolaj Vonsild's peculiar voice very well - think a tune like 'Armed' from the debut album, and you got the picture.
A bit in the same alley we've got Canadian outfit Austra, fronted by another charismatic singer, the classically trained Katie Stelmanis. Their debut album is called Feel It Break, and is out on Paper Bag Records on, yeah, you guessed it, Monday! Check out 'Beat and The Pulse' and the enigmatic 'Lose It' - defo one to get a hold of!
So, for sure something new to make time pass for the real big fish to jump the hook in June!
