Saturday Album Review - The Notwist - Close To The Glass

This weeks best and most eagerly anticipated album for me was The Notwist's - Close To The Glass. I've been a fan of this German band for a couple years now after i discovered them during a little search online for some European bands to follow. They've always sounded a little different to the norm, always very easy to listen to with albums veering from electro, the guitar to progressive jazz. So what have they give us this time?

It starts with a very sparse electro sound with some chilled out vocals and continues on that vein through the first half of the album except for the excellent lo-fi anthem Kong at 3 which is an excellent lead single. It's all very pleasant but all very safe and just as you;d expect from the band if you've heard them before. Then 7 Hour-Drive kicks in finally injecting some energy in with a pulsating bass and a magnificent free form jazz break down half way through. This ushers in a much more interesting second half of the album with a fabulous lo-fi and sparse but excellent Lineri as the penultimate track. Overall, its a lot more sparse but an great listen expecially on the headphones. This is the sound of a band that know what they do best and are happy to get doing it and long may they continue.


8/10

Read More about them here, buy the album here

Catch the on tour in March in the UK. Im tempted to head to Mono in Glasgow on March 16th to see them too.

Worth mentioning this week also is Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness