Imperial State Electric-Imperial State Electric-2010-FNT

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Artist: Imperial State Electric
Album: Imperial State Electric
Label: Psychout Records
Playtime: 39:09 min
Genre: Rock
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Rip date: 2010-06-01
Street date: 2010-05-28
Size: 62.53 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 212 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

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he Hellacopters are one of the few international bands esteemed, and loved,
for their pure garage rock. Having amicably disbanded in 2008, founding
member Nicke Andersson went about working on a solo project. As often with
best laid plans, they change and Mr. Andersson turned his project into a
band, Imperial State Electric, by adding Dolph de Borst (vocals, bass),
Tobias Egge (vocals, guitar), and Thomas Eriksson (drums). For those who were
missing The Hellacopters, take heart because ISE's debut will soothe your
grief and enliven your musical hearts.
One of the blessings of Andersson's technique, and that of The Hellacopters,
was the ability to draw inspiration from many sources of fundamental rock. In
the case of Imperial State Electric, the overarching metaphor reaches to mid
1960's to mid 1970's rock, often on the Brit side of pop like the very
Beatlesque I'll Let You Down or towards American, near southern California,
pop on Resign. Sometimes it's mere hook-laden power pop as on Throwing Stones
or Lord Knows I Know that It Ain't Right. Another, Deja Vu, sounds like
sloppy 70's British rock made raw with a punk undercoating. Then Alive
reminds of 80's melodic hard rock, stripped of the varnish of the glitz and
overproduction down to its bare bones. Sometimes things sputter along
creating no real interest like I Got All Day Long or LeeAnne, but these are
minor speed bumps. Nicke Andersson's return, with his new band Imperial State
Electric, proves that fundamental rock, stripped of its modern
embellishments, still has energy and vitality above those same modern trends.
Recommended.

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01. A Holiday From My Vaction ( 3:48)
02. Lord Knows I Know That It Ain't Right ( 3:03)
03. Resign ( 3:31)
04. Throwing Stones ( 3:17)
05. I'll Let You Down ( 3:06)
06. I Got All Day Long ( 3:16)
07. Lee Anne ( 3:18)
08. Deja Vu ( 2:25)
09. Together In The Darkness ( 3:34)
10. Alive ( 3:09)
11. Diseased Pieces Of My Heart ( 3:44)
12. Redemption's Gone ( 2:58)

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