There's a Fault

VINYL FORMAT. S.A. Andree famous balloon expedition of 1897 was an ill-fated effort to reach the North Pole in which all three members of his voyage perished. This album is music written from a first person's narrative of the voyage. The songs were recorded using vintage instruments and analog synthesizers sourced for their fluctuations, inaccuracies and need for hands on control - reflecting the technology of the time.

"[This album]'s origins are almost as mysterious as the North Pole must have been to Swedish national hero/explorer S.A. Andrée, who perished in a ballooning attempt to chart the region in the late 1800s. No cheat sheets or liner notes were delivered, which is ok usually thanks to the godly internets, but there is next to nothing written up on these guys, save for a very mention on the Lex Records Youtube page, the same guys who are backing MF Doom's latest work. After giving it a listen, I understand that these guys are minimalist noise/shoe-gazer indie band but who may have had a background in hiphop . . . Anyway, it's pretty good stuff. Moody blips, bleeps and bloops with some nice filters thrown in . . . Mostly apparent are 80s synth undertones, with references to The Cure and even NIN if you can let your imagination run wild in that direction. There is definitely a chilly vibe across the album. In fact, yes, this is definitely an album that you can file under Cold Wave. Keeping with the Arctic explorer theme, track titles all reference things in the historical S.A. Andrée's life. Like, track two is named 'From Svalbard,' the remote Russian Arctic archipelago where the balloon crashed, track three is named after the fated balloon, the Örnen (Eagle), track five is 'Profondeur 2M 10,' etc etc, easy to see the point. I'm guessing the producers of the album are Swedish or have some kind of reverence/fascination for the Swedes or else they would not have named their band so." - Jesse Ship / Shipwreck'd!