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Serena-Maneesh is a name you may already know. Their eponymous debut reached #29 in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of last year. They toured Europe with big fans, The Dandy Warhols, then received a rock category nomination for a Norwegian Grammy and a worldwide record deal with Play Louder Recordings (a division of Beggars Group). The group's sound is like something out of your dreams. Chaotic noise swelling with dreamlike, ethereal vocals and distorted samples. Driving guitars and pounding drum rhythms propel the sound from the womb as something wholly new and all their own, with strange melodies that are strikingl
Album Description
Serena-Maneesh is a name you may already know. Their eponymous debut reached #29 in Pitchfork's top 50 albums of last year. They toured Europe with big fans, The Dandy Warhols, then received a rock category nomination for a Norwegian Grammy and a worldwide record deal with Play Louder Recordings (a division of Beggars Group). The group's sound is like something out of your dreams. Chaotic noise swelling with dreamlike, ethereal vocals and distorted samples. Driving guitars and pounding drum rhythms propel the sound from the womb as something wholly new and all their own, with strange melodies that are strikingly original, yet also somehow comforting and familiar.
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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.
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Norwegian Band Serena-maneesh have Conquered their Homeland with a Powerful Sound that Blends Lush Pop with Distortion, the Gorgeous with the Grotesque, a Sound Reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and Sonic Youth. The Single "Drain Cosmetics" was Chosen as Single of the Week by the UK'S the Guardian Magazine in Mid Feb 2006. The Album was Recorded in Chicago, (At Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studio), Oslo, New York City and Stockholm. It was Mixed by Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth) Among Others. It Follows the 2002 EPs "Fixxations" and "Zurück" (A Retrospective of Material from 1999-2003). Both EPs Received Rave Reviews from Norwegian Critics and Help Establish an Underground Base of Fans.
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Manufacturer: Play Louder
Release date: 9 May 2006
EAN: 0609008400425 UPC: 609008400425
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