2016

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Efter flera års tystnad är det legendariska bandet tillbaka med ny musik. Albumet "A Moon Shaped Pool" följer upp "King of Limbs" från 2011 och har klassats som ett av deras bästa.<br/><br/>Bandmedlemmarna Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood och Phil Selway lett av Thom Yorke i spetsen har sedan 90-talet definierat den alternativa rock-genren med sitt unika och säregna sound. Debutalbumet "Pablo Honey" satte dem på indiekartan med hitsingeln "Creep", som sedan har fortsatt att definiera dem genom åren. "A Moon Shaped Pool" är första albumet på fem år och innehåller bl.a. låtarna "Burn The Witch" och "Daydreaming".

"The Blinding Dark" is definitely not Covenant's most easily accessible album. It does not contain as many hits as classics like "Northern Light" or "United States Of Mind", and it is surely less pleasant than Covenant's most striking earworms "Dead Stars" and "Happy Man". Still, "The Blinding Dark" is exciting not only because of its telling title, but also since it shows a remarkable development in style, something that Covenant decidedly wanted with this record - and not least thanks to the subject matter they address. Of course, dancefloors will still shake during "Sound Mirrors", "Immortal" or "I Close My Eyes", yet the albums focuses rather suppressed tracks of subtle darkness such as the Kraftwerk- and Jarré-inspired "Dies Irae" and the Lee Hazelwood(!) cover "Rider On A Wild Horse", a 1977 country anthem that has been turned into a sombre, sluggish electro requiem with heavy acoustic drums.<br/> <br/>Eventually "The Blinding Dark" offers a lot to discover, not least probably because long-standing Covenant member Joakim Montelius has once again taken more responsibility in the studio than on their previous works and due to the fact that Daniel Myer (haujobb, Architect) has returned as a permanent fixture in the group's live line-up.<br/> <br/>Thus, "The Blinding Dark" may hark back to one of Covenant's less "hit-heavy" records that turned out to have more depth and longevity just because of its raw character. It is their second full-length "Sequencer" that could have been the blueprint for the mood on "The Blinding Dark" with slower numbers such as "Tabula Rasa" or "Flux". And there could be worse references, right?

Depeche Mode: Ultra [Vinyl LP]

För 40 år sedan slog den franske musikern Jean-Michel Jarre världen med häpnad med sin elektroniska musik då han släppte sitt album "Oxygéne". Ledmotivet blev en gigantisk succé världen över. 20 år senare följde Jarre upp detta album med fortsättningen "Oxygène 7-13". Ytterligare 20 år senare blev det dags att avsluta denna albumtrilogi med albumet "Oxygène 3".<br/> <br/>Denna utgåva innehåller alla tre albumen på CD.

Depeche Mode: Music for the masses [Vinyl LP]

Oldfield Mike: Discovery 1984 (2016/Rem) [CD]

Depeche Mode: Some great reward [Gatefold / Vinyl LP]