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Dei due "Re Della Convenienza" duo norvegese di Bergen che ci ha consegnato due stupendi capolavori folk (o new acoustic, se vi piace di più), Erlend Øye (si pronunzia E, credo), è quello musicalmente più eclettico e fisicamente meno bello. Con quell'aria da Geek (termine molto "cool"), sembra quasi uscire dal film Napoleon Dynamite per la sua stranezza, e il nome di questo progetto probabilmente prende spunto dalla sua carnagione non esattamente caraibica.
"Dreams", del 2006, è il primo disco a nome WBA, che mi ha incuriosito molto, principalmente per come il nostro sia riuscito a "incasinare" le cose, in compagnia del DJ berlinese Marcin Oez che qui suona il basso.
Oye ha preso delle canzoni stile Kings Of Convenience, e, con la sua voce inconfondibile e la sua insaziabile voglia di sperimentare, le ha decontestualizzate riarrangiandole Funk, a dispetto del loro tiro malinconico, mettendoci un basso in primo piano e una batteria pulsante; calma però, non è un disco "UNZ UNZ" sia chiaro, e neanche "BEIBE BEIBE" o "beibobeibo" (grande Elio ELST!).
Ci sono dei bei riff di basso, uno in particolare al limite del plagio di una per niente famosa canzone dei Polizziotti, e la chitarra diventa a tratti vagamente post-punk, ma sempre in punta di piedi, quasi unplugged.
Quindi l'etichetta musicale da appiccicare al tutto è Funk minimalista, ma è impossibile (e meno male) dare una indicazione di genere. Diciamo piuttosto che si tratta di un album di pop intelligente che fa battere il piede in varie occasioni, e cioè con delle canzoni Dance (destrutturate) che sono le più semplici mai sentite. Geniale! Ottimo lavoro pallido Erlend!...
...ma mettiti in terrazza un quarto d'ora ogni tanto...!
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01 Burning (03:09)
So many people telling me one way
So many people telling me to stay
Never had time to have my mind made up
Caught in a motion that I don't wanna stop
So many people telling me one way
So many people telling me to stay
Never had time to have my mind made up
Caught in a motion that I don't wanna stop
So many people telling me one way
So many people telling me to stay
Never had time to have my mind made up
Caught in a motion that I don't wanna stop
So many people telling me one way
So many people telling me to stay
Never had time to have my mind made up
Caught in a motion that I don't wanna stop
That I don't wanna stop
That I don't wanna stop
03 Inflation (03:53)
Painless
So easy
You come fast
And leave me
Half a life
For one kiss
Inflation
And now this
The player game
Innocently
Was always there
But used to be
Only one way
To feel love
But now it is
The only one
04 Fireworks (03:06)
You keep your cards so close to your chest
You're making me confused
It's hidden deep what you need to address
If you want it to resume
Aching and longing never ending fireworks
Let it be, let it be, let it be oh baby let it hurt
The heat is on for the action to speed up and tension to ease
We could keep talking but only be certain through physical means
Patience is just another word for getting old
Resolution just as impossible as letting go
Is there a hint of a vulnerable you there a drift in your eyes
Could it be that the sharp and the blunt side have shifted this time
I wanted you, you wanted me but he was there
Now let it be, let it be, let it be oh baby let it bare
07 Figures (03:56)
There comes a time
For everyone
To sit down and assess what's there and what is not there
Eternally up in the air
And it seems that time has come for you
And it figues now
I was only the one who needed to appear and cause a turn of events
To force a turn of events
It's also fitting somehow
That I should be the last to know
And I'm blown away
When my friend tells me that it's so
What did I give you
That's harder to answer than what did I take
What did I mean to you?
08 Borders (05:25)
I need it every day
I blame it on you
You always have control
Now I don't
I need it every day
I blame it on you
You always have control
Now I don't
I need it every day
I blame it on you
You always have control
Now I don't
I need it every day
I blame it on you
You always have control
Now I don't
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