Flunk
Personal Stereo

There are albums that make an impression at first impact, albums that require several listens to be appreciated, and rarely albums that seem forgettable, and quickly so, only to then realize that they have left something behind, a small spark of curiosity, and that's when it's time to pull them out from oblivion and maybe discover that we had been too hasty in trying to forget them. For me, this is the case with "Personal Stereo" by the Norwegian band Flunk, an album I stumbled upon almost by accident, discovering I had been too quick to let it gather dust in a drawer. The first encounter with this album is quite disorienting because it seems like an imitation of Bjork: the "fault" of Anja Oyen Vister's voice, somewhat similar to that of the Icelandic singer, but everything at first listen reminds one of her, from the use of percussion to the album’s atmospheres. Only if you manage to get past this disconcerting sense of déjà-vu, you can appreciate the work in its fullness, ten tracks with soft and dreamy atmospheres, accompanied by the singer's gentle voice, almost hypnotic at times.

Ten very homogeneous tracks, where it is difficult to distinguish superior or inferior pieces from the others or fixate on one in particular, as it is the ensemble that works best, painting a picture of great beauty, like the Norwegian fjords from which Flunk hails.