Northern Kind - 53 Degrees North (c) 2007 Electro Tease
Artist....: Northern Kind
Album.....: 53 Degrees North
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 12
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Electro Tease
Catalogue#: ET001CD
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.northernkind.co.uk
Tracklist:
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01 Intro 01:04
02 On & On 04:01
03 Step Back 04:38
04 Millionaire 03:41
05 Thoughts Of You 03:42
06 Outer Circle 02:04
07 Home 04:14
08 Seen The Light 04:00
09 Sometimes 03:27
10 Loser 05:20
11 You Belong 03:09
12 The Other Side 04:18
Total:55,9 MB / 43:38 min
Release Notes:
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Long before Arctic Monkeys, Little Man Tate and Reverend And The Makers
had even been born, the Steel City was known as the home of Electro.
The Human League, Heaven 17, Cabaret Voltaire - all of them put South
Yorkshire on the musical map with a barrage of synths and deadpan
vocals. It's that '80s heyday that Northern Kind, a new duo who divide
their time between Leicester and Sheffield, most remind one of. This,
their debut album, is full of chock full of pure Pop. Despite the
Sheffield connection, there's one name that keeps cropping up
throughout 53 Degrees North, and that is Vince Clarke during his Yazoo
era. Matt Culpin, half of Northern Kind, has apparently worked with
Depeche Mode in the past and his influences are written all over this
album. If you're looking for angst-filled meanderings, then you're in
the wrong place. Every track on 53 Degrees North is big, shiny and
unashamedly commercial. Songs such as See The Light, Sometimes, and
especially Step Back could even be big hits given enough publicity.
There's catchy choruses aplenty (Sometimes and See The Light in
particular should really have a Government Health Warning slapped on
them) and even the less obviously commercial tracks, such as Loser or
Home, reveal hidden delights with each repeated play - the latter would
sound particularly effective watching the sun rise while stretched out
on a beach on Ibiza for example. There's even been attention paid to
the lyrics, which isn't often the case in electro-pop. Step Back has
the winning couplet of "I'm feeling rude, I might hit the booze if you
don't talk to me", while other songs tackle relationships gone wrong
with all the grandeur of early Pet Shop Boys. This is superior
electro-pop though, and if you're a fan of the genre, you may well just
have a new favourite band in Northern Kind. :)