piątek, 23 grudnia 2016

Lord Bendtner - Lord Bendtner (2016) EN


Lord Bendtner is one of my biggest surprises of this ending year. Publishing in Slovakian Z Tapes that specializes in lo-fi bedroom pop the artist recorded an album that for me denies everything I thought about lo-fi.

"Lo-fi with high aspirations" wrote about his music on his FB. I would like to add more, LB's music is perfectly planned, full of detail and absolutely charming. Everything, from the instruments, through various effects up to vocal and backing vocals match perfectly and force to awe over the level of complexity of this "lo-fi". But what is more, the songs are veeeery catchy - with the opening "Carefully" with great keys being the catchiest. There is more gems on the album, first of all "Spider Clouds" with "broken" vocals and super chaotic "Chéri".

I could hardly leave the project's name with no comment. "Lord Bendtner" is mocking title of Danish football player Niklas Bendtner who is famous for being rather poor sportsman with great ego. And that he was going out with Caroline Luel Brockdorff, a member of Danish royal family. Meanwhile, the musical Lord Bendtner chose a phrase "dreaming of Bergkamp, bending it like Bendtner" as his Bandcamp motto. This is some modesty! I'm not sure about his football skills but musically speaking he can definitely aim higher than the Dane and probably even higher than the Arsenal legend.

And the album is for free (but you should pay what you can).


Brak komentarzy:

Prześlij komentarz