The Nautilus Years, by Surrounded (CD on One Little Indian)

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Next in my lugs is a CD from Sweden's Surrounded on One Little Indian. 'The Nautilus Years' begins with a big metallic beat with a ton of reverb then weeping strings and a slightly tortured but tender and fragile vocal. A sad song but as the album progresses there is hope and it becomes more poppy and uplifting at times. It's all very dramatic and sentimentel. Well produced by the band too. Not really my thing but for this kind of stuff its really well done. The vocals have been compared to Sparklehorse and Wilco and the music to The Radio Dept.

What the label says about The Nautilus Years, by Surrounded:

Born out of a yearlong recording session deep in Sweden’s forests eight years ago, Surrounded received glowing press for their debut album ‘Safety In Numbers’. Now signed to One Little Indian with superb new album ‘The Nautilus Years’ set for release in March, a brief tour is also planned to coincide with this.

The fuzzy euphoria of songs like ‘Safe Tomorrow Sun’ and ‘Paper Tangerine Crush’ recalls the sonic thrill of My Bloody Valentine or fellow Swedes The Radio Dept., while Rydell’s delivery on the more plaintive numbers (such as haunting ‘The Oceanographer’) evokes cult American singers Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) or Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse). ‘Easy Piranhas’ is discordant and bitter while ‘Swimming To Galapagos’ is a graceful, stately closer. Recorded and produced by the band themselves over a long, painstaking year, the craftsmanship and fervour at the heart of this album is evident for all to see. It is a rare, important and ambitious work: at once out of step with our modern world and exactly the tonic it needs.

Influenced as much by the forerunners of America’s alt-country scene as Sweden’s rich musical heritage, after years of poorly promoted tours and label frustrations the current line-up of Surrounded are a formidable unit: comprising Marten Rydell (vocals, guitar), Marcus Knutsson (guitar), Tom Malmros (bass), Johannes Linder (drums) and Erik Gustafsson (keys), the band are fiercely proud of ‘The Nautilus Years’ – “we wouldn’t change a thing,” says Rydell with admirable conviction.

1.    21st Century Paradise Traveller
2.    Safe Tomorrow Sun
3.    In Comfort’s Tight Clothes
4.    Short Red Blinks
5.    Paper Tangerine Crush
6.    The Oceanographer
7.    Fellow Citizen Stars
8.    Human Pelagic
9.    Bolder Acrobat
10.    Easy Piranhas
11.    Swimming To Galapagos

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