Thursday, March 7, 2024

Marekvist - Varde (2023)

The second album from this band from Norway.

The band is a sextet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.

I am not a big fan of their 2021 debut album Solrenning. Nevertheless, the band showcased a band with a lot of talent. Talent I was hoping we would see a lot more of on this, their second album.

The music on this forty minutes long album is a mix of post-rock, post-metal, psych rock and...... Norwegian folk music. An odd blend which gives the band their own identity.

The use of some very good female vocals, is a good thing here. It serves as the cream on the cream cake.

Before we have arrived at the cream, the band also does a good job over some melancholic, atmospheric music.

The vocals are in Norwegian and there is some proper songs here too. The best parts of this album is the more post-rock stuff. Nevertheless, the mix on this album is clever, good and original. 

This is a band well worth keeping an eye on. They may go far. 

3 points




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