New Music Initiative 047: Holograms
Jul. 14th, 2012 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I am going to throw out another new band for you- Holograms.
This Swedish band taps from the same kind of Joy Division influence so many bands draw from.
For better or worse, they play it straight. An American band might crank up the drama or the irony (and that's how you end up with a band like Interpol or She wants revenge). Holograms aren't big on lead singer personality, and it makes for a sound that is timeless.
This album could have come out in 2012, or it could have come out on Factory Records in 1977. It is also a record that could have sat aside the early-2000s heyday of Scandinavian counterparts The Hives and The International Noise Conspiracy.
In any case, if your tastes run fall anywhere on that punk continuum, you will probably find something to like. The single "ABC City" recalls early Wire, and is a three minute blast of energy.
This Swedish band taps from the same kind of Joy Division influence so many bands draw from.
For better or worse, they play it straight. An American band might crank up the drama or the irony (and that's how you end up with a band like Interpol or She wants revenge). Holograms aren't big on lead singer personality, and it makes for a sound that is timeless.
This album could have come out in 2012, or it could have come out on Factory Records in 1977. It is also a record that could have sat aside the early-2000s heyday of Scandinavian counterparts The Hives and The International Noise Conspiracy.
In any case, if your tastes run fall anywhere on that punk continuum, you will probably find something to like. The single "ABC City" recalls early Wire, and is a three minute blast of energy.
