ARTiST: Strip Music
TiTLE: Wolfman & Hollywood
LABEL: SonyBMG
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 37:24 min
SiZE: 57,6 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Feb-21-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jan-29-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Wolfman & Hollywood (Morkret Ovar Transas) 03:42
02. Headlights 03:27
03. This Morning 03:22
04. Sugar And Lime 03:21
05. Bright Eyes 04:13
06. When The Red Light District Feels Like 03:29
Love
07. The Cat And The City 04:33
08. God Speed Your Love To Me 03:18
09. Remarkable Life 03:04
10. Lucy 04:55
Release Notes:
After their self-titled debut album and a couple of
singles Strip Music presents a new album called
Hollywood & Wolfman. The title already reveals
something of the content since the album is poppy as
well as moody. It sounds like many of the pop/rock
bands in the 80's when times were bleak. The tracks
don't take long to sink in, Strip Music makes
accessible music. The placid opener and title track
features cheerless synths, woeful guitars and lyrics
that project melancholy. This dark, majestic kind of
pop suits vocalist Henric de la Cour well.
"Headlights" with it's Interpolesque intro is a very
catchy and upbeat song. The instrumental basis is
quite simple, driving drums, repetitive guitars and
swirling synths. It's the vocals that do the trick.
With lots of melody and a keen ear for attractive
chorus/verse structures it's an ideal track to
release as a single. On the introspective "This
morning" Kris le Mans of the fellow Swedish band Le
Mans helps out on backing vocals. Her contribution
is not limited to this track. She also lends her
vocals for the single that was culled from this
album, "Sugar and Lime". Henric and Kris make for a
good couple, their voices complement eachother in a
graceful way. The synth-guitar blend adds to the
dynamic touches. "Bright eyes" is another peaceful,
serene song that radiates a lot of ambience. Strip
Music seems to love such tracks, about half of the
album is filled with slower tracks like this. And
for good reason because they know their way with it.
"When the Red Light District feels like love" is a
melodic rocker. Like many of the songs it is buried
in thick synth lines. And that's no surprise because
the band contains two synthplayers: Christian Berg
and Jens Hellqvist. "Remarkable Life" is a song with
serious chart potention. The tunes keep lingering in
your head and I bet it's going to be a live staple
for many years to come. The ballad "Lucy" closes
this entertaining album. With Hollywood & Wolfman
this Swedish band should aim high. Given the
accomplishments of The Killers (a band with a
similar sound) mainstream success lies within reach.
Time will tell if that's going to happen, but the
musical foundation is there!