alaska were formed in hamburg 1994.
they are influenced by british 80s wave music, shoegazer noise-pop and the so-called c-86 scene (named after a compilation tape by the british music magazine nme) and bands like the field mice, teenage fanclub, the pastels, bmx bandits, the wedding present and belle and sebastian.
torben schmieder (vocals/guitars), christoph martens (bass), stephan dublaskie (guitars), björn steffens (keyboards) and patrick menck (drums) describe their music as briskly, nostalgic, contemplative and fragile in combination with hymnal, melancholic moods and a curious voice, resembling a bit the young dan treacy.
so now, their brand-new 'whitewash the tiedemarks' coloured vinyl ep is on my turntable...
'these sacred floors' released at the fine german record marsh marigold label.
the new mini-album offers 6 tracks with a total duration of
22 minutes between melancholy and yearning, circumspect indierock and sensitive indiepop.
the opening track 'motorway', a stunningly indiepop earworm with longing synthlines is about breaking out from a miserable life while frontman torben philosophizing size differences from human kind and the vast cosmos.
'every other monday', a wonderful midtempo track shares the idea of distributing umbrellas in various situations of life while there's no one close to you when you urgently needs a heartly touch.
in 'we don't sing anymore'
jonathan rhys meyers' 'tumbling down' from the velvet goldmine soundtrack appear in front of your mind's eyes.
jonathan rhys meyers' 'tumbling down' from the velvet goldmine soundtrack appear in front of your mind's eyes.
the song is a beautifully sad piano ballad about jilted from a beloved person.
'no more sorrow', a fine jangly upbeat tune implied a nice and safe place to escape for feelings of inferiority.
the epic 'non silent night' illustrate a self-doubting personalty
and
'naked killed babies', another heartbreaking dreamy poetic piano ballad marks the end of a magnificent ep!
'whitewash the tiedemarks' is out on limited coloured vinyl january 31th and digitally february 16th via marsh marigold records.
grab your copy here...
https://alaska5.bandcamp.com/album/whitewash-the-tidemarks
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