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EFTERKLANG - MAGIC CHAIRS out today!
Efterklang have released their third full length album today. The new baby is called Magic Chairs and it takes Efterklang into the new decade with a new sound!
The album is out in Scandinavia on Rumraket and on 4AD in the rest of the world. You can buy the album on iTunes and on CD/LP via the Rumraket shop.
The new album is closely related to Efterklang’s many concerts during the last three years and the album also features several members (new and old) of the Efterklang live band including Daniel James of Canon Blue, Frederik Teige, Peter Broderick, Heather Broderick, Katrine Muff, Katinka Fogh Vindelev and Niklas Antonson from Slaraffenland.
Below the beautiful cover art made by Hvass&Hannibal you can read some quotes from the many fine reviews that has come in already.
BBC - A superb record from one of the world´s most uniquely-minded bands.
Gigwise..com - 4/5 - Magic Chairs strikes a rarely satisfying, pop-savvy balance between ambition and accessibility. In a word, magic.
Rock Sound - 9/10 - Nothing they do is ordinary and third album Magic Chairs is another demonstration of the Danish group´s astounding imagination and limitless talent.
Mojo - 4/5 - A miraculous conservatoire pop opus. If you prefer your pop progressive, this is for you
Drowned in Sound - 8/10 - For this record is one which plays with the timbres of the orchestra: violins, cellos, trombones, flutes, anything, and does so successfully, utilising the sounds to make something that draws on music hundreds of years old, and music years old, to create something else.
NME - 7/10 - This is the kind of record Coldplay and Brian Eno should have made
The Skinny - 4/5 (#2 in their Top 5 Albums of the Month)
Highlights are near-impossible to isolate: Modern Drift sets the tone beautifully; I Was Playing Drums raises goosebumps with its melting strings and trickling piano; and Full Moon is eighties electro-pop filtered through a toyshop orchestra. But ask tomorrow and a different three will likely rise to the top, such is the richness of Magic Chairs’ magisterial elegance.
Artrocker - 4/5 - an intriguing listen
Clash - 8/10 - Paired down to their essence, this distilled Efterklang is premium strength stuff.
Mail On Sunday - 4/5 - Beautifully composed
The Guardian - Emotional music, full of subtle tension and lurking drama.
Epoch Times - 4/5 - they’re back with an album that oozes class.
Onethirty BPM - 8,4/10 - Efterklang have done something remarkable here. This is maybe the first great album of 2010
Rave Magazine 4/5 - Excellent third album … An authentic grower
MusicOMH - 4/5 - A very satisfying addition to an already impressive Efterklang discography
RockMidgets.com - 4/5 - comparisons don’t really do them justice. Efterklang are one of those bands that even if you’re not ‘into it’, you can understand why they’re so respected.
NARC - 4/5 - the album ooze a majestic beauty
The 4O5 - 9/10 - Definately the best album I have heard thus far this year, and although it is early days, I am pretty certain it will remain high up there come the year’s end.
Politiken - 5/6 - Et mageløst popalbum. Det er formidabelt i al sin komplekse enkelthed. Stå af radioræset. Lyt i stedet til Efterklangs musikbegavede omgang med popmusikkens traditioner.
Urban - 5/6 - Sommerfuglen med luft under vingerne
Gaffa - 5/6 - samtlige numre smyger sig kærligt gennem øregangene for at gå direkte i hjertekulen på lytteren … Magic Chairs er stort set én lang stjernestund, hvor højdepunkterne er mange og langvarige, og den skønhed, der alle dage har kendetegnet orkestrets musik, er på ingen måde blevet mindre siden debuten.
Soundvenue - 5/6 - Det er umuligt ikke at lade sig rive med
Ekstrabladet - 5/6 - Endnu et kvantespring for Efterklang. Endnu et overraskende og overvældende udspil fra et orkester i konstant udvikling, som mestrer både det himmelstræbende og det jordnære.
Jyllandsposten - 5/6 - Efterklang formår som få andre orkestre at skabe et på én gang imødekommende og udfordrende udtryk
Information - trods indeværende års stadig pænt jomfruelige tilstand, taler vi allerede nu om en af årets såvel vigtigste som vægtigste skiver.
Dagg & Natt (no) - 5/6 - Efterklang har bevart sin særegenhet, men samtid utført et svært vellykket eksperiment med eget uttrykk. Det er ikke mange andre band forunt.
Spirit (no) - 5/6 - Gyldne og magiske koringer sammen med strykere og en imponerende grunnmur av trommer og rytme, gjør at albumet treffer dig midt i hjertet
