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Artist | Choir Of Young Believers
Title | Grasque
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 58:41
Label | Ghostly International Store | 2016
Catalog | GI-254 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 239 kbps Size | 107.62 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Olimpiyskiy 1:38
02. Serious Lover 5:25
03. Vaserne 1:55
04. Face Melting 7:05
05. Graeske 8:16
06. Jeg Ser Dig 6:09
07. Cloud Nine 5:33
08. The Whirlpool Enigma 1:20
09. Perfect Estocada 5:36
10. Salvatore 0:52
11. Gamma Moth 5:58
12. Does It Look As If I Care 8:54
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Formed in 2006 by Lake Placid guitarist Jannis Noya Makrigiannis as a solo
project, Denmark's Choir of Young Believers rely on a rotating cast of
musicians to flesh out their acoustic-based, grandiose indie pop. The
Danish/Greek/Indonesian Makrigiannis' myriad influences first appeared on
the group's debut EP for the Tigerspring label. Released in 2007, "Burn The
Flag" found success on the Danish charts and was soon re-released
nationally to critical acclaim. The band's debut studio long player, "This
Is For The White In Your Eyes", was issued via Tigerspring in 2008, and was
nominated for six Danish Music Awards and won the "Best New Act" category.
2009 saw the band ink a US deal with Ghostly International, who would
release their debut stateside later that year. The band's sophomore
full-length outing, "Rhine Gold", dropped in 2012.
The third studio long player from the Danish pop collective led by Jannis
Noya Makrigiannis, "Grasque" originated as a largely ambient Makrigiannis
side project before evolving into a full-on group effort. At its core,
Choir Of Young Believers has always served as a solo vehicle for the
mercurial singer/songwriter, and "Grasque" is no exception. Less immediate
than 2012's characteristically esoteric, yet hook-filled "Rhine Gold", the
12-track set was created during a period of post-tour detachment, and it
rolls out with the urgency of molasses from a frozen spoon.
Makrigiannis' sumptuous, narcotic tenor is perfectly suited for the group's
unique blend of electro-soul and European pop grandeur, but "Grasque"
proves to be the group's most elusive outing to date, favoring icy, often
formless melodies that come and go as they please, and existential lyrics
that periodically dissolve into ghostly, wordless repetition. It's heady
stuff for sure, and not without its own sort of cosmic opulence, but it's a
hookless sort of wonder that always keeps the listener at arm's length. It
also doesn't help that Grasque's biggest set pieces ('Serious Lover', 'Face
Melting', 'Does It Look As If I Care') are essentially slow jams - they're
impressive on a technical level, but become increasingly indistinguishable
as the LP progresses.
Late album gem "Cloud Nine" has an amiable, laid-back summer vibe to it,
but it's an outlier only in tone, as it doesn't deviate from the laconic
gait that serves as the "Grasque" foundation. Throughout it all,
Makrigiannis manages to remain a transfixing figure and it's hard not to be
impressed with his ability to effortlessly infuse Sigur Ros-inspired
cinematics and 80s pop with a not-so-subtle shot of post-midnight R&B, but
one wonders whether the album would have benefited from a bit more
structure. Makrigiannis admits that after finishing the "Rhine Gold" tour
that he 'felt confused, adrift and didnÆt feel like playing music', and
"Grasque" reflects that, but it also feels suitably cathartic, though
probably more so for Makrigiannis than the listener.
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