This all-female Norwegian quartet makes wild, pulse-pounding music that's hard to categorize. Imagine some mutant blend of,, and playing supersonic dance beats on acoustic instruments and you have some idea of this band's eclectic sound. Their mash-up of Gypsy madness and Balkan wedding music, rock and pop, American and Norwegian folk, and much more is played brightly, but with an underlying darkness that gives the impression of a carnival band surfing on the snowy crest of an avalanche. The quartet plays about a dozen instruments including accordion, guitar, piano, and drums in addition to balalaika and harpeleik, a 99-stringed folk zither native to Germany and Finland. Despite their impressive chops, the instrumental tracks are tight and focused, without layering up odd sounds just to show off, with lyrics that can be both macabre and playful. Atonement soundtrack torrent download. Unlike many musicians who are not native speakers of English, the gals have a fine command of rhyme, meter, and vernacular Americanisms, adding an extra crackle to their tunes.

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There isn't a weak track on the disc, but several jump out at you from the first listen. 'A Bar in Amsterdam' sounds like a bluegrass tune played by a Gypsy brass band, with a dark lyric and the energy of a bar full of desperate drunks at closing time. 'Demon Kitty Rag,' their hit from 2009, combines ragtime, clattering banjo, hot fiddling, and jubilant -like scat vocals. The title tune name-checks, and sounds like and of fronting a Russian folk band, while 'Mother Superior' is a waltz that suggests ominous 1930s German cabaret and sports one of the album's most sinister lyrics.

Artist: Katzenjammer (Norway) Title Of Album: Le Pop Year Of Release: Dec-17-2008 Label: Propeller Recordings Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock, Balkan Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz Total Time: 40:31 min Total Size: 54,6 MB WebSite: About Katzenjammer Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce the queens of sultry noise, the sisters of mercy, the saints of damaged souls, high society’s hangover and the hen night for Calamity Jane. The latter day’s eminent, prominent and decadent ladies: Katzenjammer. Drink dear rebels, and drink again. Katzenjammer’s musical underground cult is carried forward by the sound of instruments such as accordion, mandolin, guitar, piano, balalaika bass, glockenspiel, trumpet, kazoo, melodica, drums and banjo to just name some. They play these instruments with fire in their bellies, fever in their fingers and their hearts in their throats. And the vocals, the vocals of this band dear audience are the broad paint strokes on the colourful night sky where you dance your wildest dance in your finest clothes.