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I love surprises like these. And this may be the biggest surprise of the year. I mean, most things in life are pretty predictable: You just know the new Air is going to be great, that Roxy Music are going to play a splendid live show, and that Motorpyscho still sing their songs with a whiny voice. But this, this is pure point blank stuff. These two women from Manchester, Natasha and Sharon, who just released their fourth album, have also crafted one of the great albums of the year. Apparently, they once worked with Ultramarine circa 'Bel Air', and one understands why; their high harmonies should fit perfectly with Ultramarine's folk ambient. But instead of folk techno, Pooka, together with producer Brian Duffy, have created one of the most original electronica albums in years, something more akin to pastoral electro. Opener 'What You Need' begins as a light country song before a rhythm is added and subtle stutter effects disturb the crystal clear harmonies, then suddenly the song morphs away from an ordinary structure and ends in a prolonged wordless sea of effects. You start to pay attention and notice that 'One in a Million' and 'Yellow Fever' are as good as they are different, rhythmically full of strange details, every song using a new interesting and surprisingly fresh texture (for instance, the fantastic, melting fuzzed-up guitar of 'Constant'). 'Yellow Fever' sounds like Timbaland producing a blissed-out Lush, an utterly sexy proposition, especially with its overflowing chorus of "Sweetness, life is lonely", while 'Joy' is Daft Punk subtly remixing Wendy & Lisa, who Pooka remind me a lot of. They are, of course, modern-day hippie nymphs singing the praises of summer, flowers, boys, and electronics; they melt your heart with their naivety: "Can't you see me dancing, dancing." I would gladly lay at their feet and get well lost in daydreams, while they sing their songs into eternity. Songs like the spaced-out 'Ovum', with its long-drawn vocals moving through acoustic guitars, space dust, and weird bass oscillations. Sun-kissed, seductive, songs of both innocence and experience. This is exactly what I want music to sound like in 2001.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/pooka/shift/1145/
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