ARTIST: Casiokids
TITLE: Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen
LABEL: Polyvinyl Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 229kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44m total
RELEASE DATE: 2011-10-11
RIP DATE: 2011-11-07
Track List
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1. Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen 3:25
2. Det Haster! 4:03
3. Dresinen 3:53
4. Golden Years 3:59
5. Olympiske Leker 3:52
6. Dr. Tarzan Monsoon 2:49
7. Selskapets Triste Avslutning 4:38
8. Elefantenes Hemmelige Gravplass 4:40
9. Kaskaden 4:25
10. London Zoo 3:57
11. Aldri Ska Me Ha Det G°y 4:30
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/casiokids
http://www.casiokids.com/
Casiokids' second album, Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen, begins with a stately,
quietly majestic song that sounds like the pastoral opening theme to a film
about dragon quests or fairy uprisings. ItÆs very pretty but you wonder what
happened to the manically gleeful dance-poppers of Topp Stemning Pσ Lokal Bar.
Did they grow up and get serious? Did they fall victim to believing they were
artists and not goofballs who made you want to dance, not ôthinkö? Track two
puts those worries and fears to bed with no supper. ôDet Haster!ö kicks off with
a stomping glam rock beat and glittery, oscillating synths, and sounds like a
low-budget theme to a bad '70s cop show (in a good way!). The rest of the album
is just as bright and fun, rollicking and rolling through 40 minutes of
off-kilter dancefloor jams with only a few small pit stops for some atmosphere
(like the short instrumental "Dr. Tarzan Monsoon" and the weepy ballad ôAldri
Ska Me Ha Det G°y,ö which closes the album on a sad note). Although the album
seems like silly fun on the surface, there is enough complexity to the
interlocking synth lines and clattering rhythms to give the music some weight.
Ketil Kinden Endresen's vocals, too, anchor the record in reality, his quavering
falsetto floating above the dancefloor like a bruised cherub. At their best,
Casiokids have the kind of impact that LCD Soundsystem do, practically
commanding you to dance. Almost daring you not to. The less compelling moments
have a charming lightness that will just make you feel happy, and thatÆs almost
as important. If they keep putting out records like Aabenbaringen Over
Aaskammen, Casiokids will (hopefully) never be mistaken for deep thinkers or
ôrealö artists, but thatÆs OK. There are enough of them out there cluttering up
the airwaves; we need bands like Casiokids, who traffic in giddiness and joy
just as much, if not more.