So far I've been a fan of CocoRosie from the start and haven't missed an album yet, although this time I only heard the news about the new album a day before its release.
So how is it? I like their first album a lot; I got it after catching them opening for Devendra Banhart, and being very impressed. But everything they've done since then has just magnified the more annoying and grating qualities of their music, while downplaying the low-key charm that drew me to them in the first place.
And damn, that has to be one of the most off-putting album covers I've ever seen.
Hi, Ed, you caught me just as I'm listening into the album for the very first time. So far it's mixed, but it does have some moments, need to hear it more often. And I couldn't agree more about the cover, I was almost embarrassed to put it online:-)
I'm an American living in Regensburg, Bavaria. Born in Munich I spent my first 10 years in Kirkwood, Mo. 1971 we moved to where I am now. Finished German school in 1981, afterwards studied philosophy and German literature and languages. 1982 I joined the management of the local film club's cinema Filmgalerie, and from 1991-2001 I co-owned an own arthouse cinema STALI (Stadtamhofer Lichtspiele). In between I also was partner of the cinema and music bookstore Angry Red Planet for a few years. In the 80s I co-founded the local industrial band and performance art group Lyssa humana that officially still exists, but currently doesn't perform (last time was for our retrospective exhibition in 2010) at the Kunstverein Graz. I was also member of the shortlived noise rock band Hammersmith. Since 2001 I work for the customer service of a large American online company.
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So how is it? I like their first album a lot; I got it after catching them opening for Devendra Banhart, and being very impressed. But everything they've done since then has just magnified the more annoying and grating qualities of their music, while downplaying the low-key charm that drew me to them in the first place.
And damn, that has to be one of the most off-putting album covers I've ever seen.
Hi, Ed, you caught me just as I'm listening into the album for the very first time. So far it's mixed, but it does have some moments, need to hear it more often.
And I couldn't agree more about the cover, I was almost embarrassed to put it online:-)
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