Envelopes
Mon 28 Jun 2010
Rainbow Coloured Pop Rocks
Swedish post-pop band Envelopes sound like they could be The Books’ bastard younger brother or Architecture In Helsinki‘s inbred cousin or BFFs with The Zookeepers. Their experimental music is delivered with the kind of wide-eyed imaginings of a child colouring with marbled rainbow-swirl crayons. The band formed in 2005 after singer/guitarist/keyboard player Henrik Orrling met guitarist Fredrik Berglind-Dehlin and bassist Martin Karlsson at high school, then later singer/guitarist Audrey Pic at college and drummer Filip Ekander at a gig. Bonding over a mutual love of the Pixies, Kate Bush and Os Mutantes, they formed The Nicotines in 2002. Two years later they changed their name to Envelopes, and have made a name for themselves morphing earnest offbeat pop with mutant pyschedelia in consciously wayward and unpredictable melodies that are exciting to hear unfold. Their 2008 album Here Comes The Wind pits bittersweet pop odes about a mother missing her husband (‘Boat’) against jittering, jarring jams (‘Put On Hold’) and crafty prog pop (‘Life On The Beach’ and the Zombies-esque backward pop of ‘Heaven’). All their songs are acted out with a cute curiosity, evoking a sense of childhood nostalgia that might even get you reaching for the Unicorns’ similarly existential pop odyssey once you’ve exhausted their back catalog. Sportsday Megaphone has turned out a totally apt remix of their recent single ‘Party’ which brings scrambled electronica and absurd synths to the fore with harshly intoned vocals. They even do a brilliant play on the lyrics of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ – “Once upon a time I was falling in love/ Now I’m only falling apart/ Totally fucked from the start”. You could say the same thing about their music – in the most affectionate way of course. Watch their video for the awesome ‘Sister In Love’, featuring the giant panda from Tekken, a hilarious horse and MS Paint animation.
Envelopes- I’d Like To C U: MP3
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