There's something about the Scandinavians. Maybe it's where they are situated, in the cold cold north and a lack of daylight? But whatever it is, they have a knack of turning out some crazy music. Latest to hit the eardrums is the Danish crew The Malpractice with their second album 'MASS', set for release on March 17 thru Crunchy Frog.
The Malpractice is fronted by songwriter and auteur Johannes Gammelby, and 'MASS' is apparently his portrait of "giving up, letting go and slipping away to be reabsorbed into everythingness". Right. You can probably tell where this is going.
Following 'Tectonics', their 2010 debut album, 'MASS' veers towards the more grinding, noisier edge of grunge, inspired by titans like The Melvins, Part Chimp, Fantômas and Faith No More; leaving aside the agitated, roaring, Pixies-esque choruses of 'Tectonics', and replacing them on 'MASS' with songs that slither through linear structures, hardly ever looping back. But still, melodies are ever-present, as heard on opening track 'Seem'. Still given to those jarring explosive bursts as can be heard on tracks like 'Transport', 'Lights Out' and 'Lagoon'; while on 'The Big Empty', they meditate on the vast and overwhelming outdoors, deconstructing the Nordic pop song.
The Malpractice are: Johannes Gammelby: vox, guitar; Kenneth N. Andersen: guitar, electronics; Klaus Hedegaard Nielsen: drums; Morten Riis: synths, electronics; Marie Højlund: vox
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