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Originally Posted by Pobodys_Nerfect
I liked it, what I was saying is that unlike other trip hop that becomes white noise, this defines itself and stays with me, a positive trait in music.
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Excellent, glad to hear it. If you're so inclined, I would suggest exploring the album
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Pobodys_Nerfect sent me
Bjørn Berge's
I'm the Antipop.
It is a collection of cover songs performed on a 12-string guitar. There is some percussion involved too and it may be that Bjørn Berge performed everything on the album, I'm not sure. This is not a parody or fun album, it has a quite serious tone. Bjørn Berge's voice is very deep and powerful. The covers range from Rage Against the Machine, Morphine, Led Zeppelin and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Many I did not recognize and don't know who originally performed them. This is a good thing, because one it means that Bjørn Berge really puts his own style into the songs. I hardly recognized the RATM cover. The only real clue to the identity of any of the songs is in the lyrics, and I'm not too much of a lyric person. Some of the other covers like Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" and RHCP's "Suck My Kiss" were more obvious to me, but only because of the lyrics.
That said, the songs I enjoyed the most were the ones I didn't recognize, because at that point it just sounds like original material, and he has a nice style. A few times the sound reminded me of
Everlast and the few songs I've heard from
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, but much more intricate in the guitar work and faster, less melodic, more aggressive in a way. I don't think I really enjoyed the RHCP cover "Suck My Kiss" for some reason. I like the original song and the cover was done in Bjørn's style so it's not that there was anything wrong with it. I think it's just that I prefer to hear songs I've never heard before, especially for a genre out of my comfort zone.
This was an enjoyable listen and the guy is definitely very talented. However I don't see this as something I'll come back to often. I would recommend people check it out if they are into bluesy acoustic rock for sure, and I wouldn't mind having a song come up on shuffle once in a while.