Flunk
Morning Star

THE REVIEW

I will be repetitive, but in my opinion, Europe is the undisputed home of the most noble electronic sounds.

The Norwegian Flunk are still pioneers of quality and intensity in this regard.

I don't believe that Jo, Ulf, Erik, and Anja consider themselves as trip hop proponents (truth be told, artists with a capital A don't enclose themselves within genre fences), but in my view, it is necessary to recognize such a verve in this offering.

The expansion of sound, the beats; these are elements that refer to a certain sensitivity that leverages the quest for rhythm, the primitive part of the soul. Flunk manage to create this sensitivity, or rather, to transmit it, and without overdoing it.

Morning Star from 2004 is their second official album, released by the same Beatservice that believed in the project at the beginning of the millennium.

Acoustic guitar, Nordic voice, and fluid arrangements.

Blind My Mind, Kemikal Girl, and Spring To Kingdom Come are tracks that are hard to leave unnoticed. Winking at colleagues Björk and Hooverphonic, creating intriguing sonic tapestries, between the melancholy of frost and the joy of a sun rising over it. Folk indissolubly tied to the broader and freer intuitions of electronics.

All Day And All Of The Night is a cover of the Kinks.

The truth is that the songs dictate the sensations, more than the artistic intentions and technicalities. These four know how to write them, how to compose them, and they could make one enjoy them even if played backward. The best songs are those that make you feel nostalgic for something that might never have happened.