Fixations

Startling Norwegian band Serena Maneesh has stolen Brooklyn's retro-punk, taken it to Oslo, and returned it draped in silken threads of Lutheran plainsong, the groove of Detroit Rock City, the soul of wild Scandinavia, and the heart of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Imagine My Bloody Valentine meeting the brown sugar of Velvet Underground. Honeymilk. 2006.