Rhythm
Swedish husband and wife duo return rejuvenated after a four-year break with an excellent fourth album.
Swedish husband and wife duo return rejuvenated after a four-year break with an excellent fourth album.
Founded on a primal combination of vocals and percussion yet full of imaginative arrangements and production twists, Swedish duo Wildbirds and Peacedrums’ fourth LP pulls both forward and back, sounding simultaneously ancient and thrillingly modern. It follows four years spent separately pursuing other projects, and makes an explicit recommitment to the restricted (but, in their hands, never restricting) drums and voice framework that made earlier works like The Snake so beguiling.
Founded on a primal combination of vocals and percussion yet full of imaginative arrangements and production twists, Swedish duo Wildbirds and Peacedrums’ fourth LP pulls both forward and back, sounding simultaneously ancient and thrillingly modern. It follows four years spent separately pursuing other projects, and makes an explicit recommitment to the restricted (but, in their hands, never restricting) drums and voice framework that made earlier works like The Snake so beguiling.
Album review: Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rhythm. It won’t be for the faint-hearted, but this is utterly absorbing…
Album review: Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rhythm. It won’t be for the faint-hearted, but this is utterly absorbing…
The Swedish duo’s new, stripped-back style is a little one-dimensional, but has some powerful moments, says <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
The Swedish duo’s new, stripped-back style is a little one-dimensional, but has some powerful moments, says <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Rhythm review: The Swedish duo fuse infectious art pop with primal minimalism on their thrilling new album.
Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Rhythm review: The Swedish duo fuse infectious art pop with primal minimalism on their thrilling new album.