It's Alright Between Us as It Is
The music of Norwegian electronic producer Lindstrøm often sounds like a lost sci-fi/action soundtrack or exercise jams from the VHS era—a style at once chintzy and cool, retro and eerily timeless. Sitting somewhere between 2012’s super streamlined *Smalhans* and the proggy *Six Cups of Rebel*, his fourth solo album is a colorful exploration of classic diva house (“Shinin\'”), cosmic instrumentals (“Tensions,” “Under Trees”), and the unclassifiable terrain in between (the Jenny Hval-featuring “Bungl (Like a Ghost)”).
The Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm’s latest solo full-length feels breezily noncommittal. Each experiment—including a spoken word piece by Jenny Hval—dissolves into the next.
Destroyer comes back strange, Bully channels ’90s fuzz, Jessie Ware evokes Whitney and Mariah, and doom duo Bell Witch turns in a moving eulogy to its late drummer. These plus Lindstrøm, Margo Price, and Makthaverskan in this week’s notable releases.
This is a low, but Lindstrøm is a producer sure to contrast it with a high next time.
Lindstrøm's It's Alright Between Us As It Is is mostly too safe, but it does the job.
Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, usually so sure-footed, has made a rare misstep with his latest long-player, the awkwardly titled I...
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is one of the rare few in electronic dance music who has maintained his underground credibility, achieved mainstream recognition, and not compromised his creativity, all the while releasing his music independently.
The album pares back Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm’s sound to the point of quasi-minimalism.
Our review finds Norwegian producer Lindstrøm crafting masterful dystopian electronica on 'It's Alright Between Us As It Is.'