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The Foreign Resort
Scattered & Buried
From Copenhagen, Denmark here’s the
tastefully melodic and energetic music made by The Foreign Resort.
Their influences came from 80’s classics like: Joy Division, NIN,
The Chameleons, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth,
Jesus & Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. So here’s a good
dose of high quality Post Punk-New Wave. The most noticeable
attributes of The Foreign Resort are their passion, their impeccable
song-writing with great melodies, and their intensity. Their music
can go deep into your feelings; they can explore different moods and
emotions under the nostalgic and reflexive perception of the Post
Punk music. This record is simply captivating at the first glance,
because of its awesome musicianship and their emotivism. A more
detailed listening will reveal the refined work, and those
well-constructed melodies. They are remarkable musicians and
composers. The production of this album is simply flawless; the band
shines even more thanks to the great work done in the recording and
mix. And they are more than nostalgia, because the band has added
some electronic sound to some of their songs, and it sounds really
fine.
This is one of the finest and most
well-balanced bands in the Post Punk scene of today.
“Delayed” is fine
example of what The Foreign resort can do; is finely constructed and
it has lots of feeling and energy. The band really sounds big since
the first track of this album. “Buried” comes with great work in
the rhythm section and dominant bass lines, preceding to the sonic
landslide created by the guitars; this one is pretty catchy in the
verse and has some Cure-ish touch. “Rocky mountains” is a prelude
to the powerful and emotive “Lost My Way”, this track is
brilliant. “Tide” is highly refined with those keyboards and
shynts, The Blue Nail came to my mind while listening to this song.
“Orange Glow” takes you slightly from some quiet mood to a storm
of guitars and rhythm. “Heart Breaks Down” is pure atmosphere and
electronic sounds. “Opening Act” is Post Punk of The New
Millennium with a great combination of organic sound and synths.
“Take A Walk” is a beautiful song, it made me think in Modern
English…with synths! Great work here! And finally here’s is a
good radio edit version of “Delayed”
Simply, I loved this album: Great band and
great work here. This for people who is into the sound of bands like:
Interpol, Editors, Press Gang Metropol, etc. Highly recommended!
Daniel Olvera
