“We’re On Your Side” is album number three for the experimental pop band that is Slaraffenland. This is their most accessible album to date and the one that should get them out of the shadows of Efterklang (who also happen to be the owners of the label). They tried really hard to achieve this and unfortunately it seems they tried a little too hard.
On the new album they pull out all the stops and right from the start a barrage of sounds washes over you ranging from strings and vocal harmonies to horns and guitars along with busy rhythms that sound like they were played by a hyperactive six-year-old with a toy drum set. All this does not hide the fact however that the melodies don’t stick and the songs just kinda float out there somewhere.
There’s definitely something there but on “We’re On Your Side” these Danish dudes fail to present it properly.
Score: 5 out of 10
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http://www.slaraffenland.net
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