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I listened to the album Shrink by Notwist today. Blown away! How is it possible? How is it possible that it was recorded in '98? How is it possible that it's seven years old? How is it possible that no one ever put this (aesthetically ugly) CD in front of me and said, "Michele, listen to this CD, these Notwist are so ahead of their time, they're playing something new, something our ears aren't yet used to hearing." No one, absolutely no one, in 1998. It did happen, yes, but in 2003 with Neon Golden (I thank Coppola and MTV for this).
Ok, sure Neon Golden is an extraordinary album, beautiful in all its components, in all its electro-rock nuances, it's true. It's an album that the more you listen to it, the more you appreciate its harmony, sound, loops, and meaning. But starting today, I no longer consider it an innovative album, something never done before, something new. Today I listened to Shrink, again by Notwist, yes, those same German guys, which precedes by five years the sounds that will be revisited (and perfected) in Neon Golden.
They are the Notwist (as of April possibly 13&GOD), they have been making excellent music for seven long years.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Chemicals (05:15)
Chemicals will hit you
Chemicals will knock you down
Is it over cause you feel no pain
Throwing me around
You attack my head with numbers
You tack my room with things of glass
You attack my neighbours `til you`ve found someone
Who`s cleaning up the mess
You are no good
Cause I know you can`t sleep
Til you know your overbearance makes me creep
05 Electric Bear (04:28)
Then I saw the electric bear
Now he`s always there
I can talk to him behind my door
I can talk of your eyes every day
Cause they don`t look old
And I never feel any cold
All the things I do with you
They don`t fade away
06 No Encores (04:25)
Say one - your're numb
Say two - your're naked
Say three - it's all been done
These numbers help, these numbers fool you
They stay when you are gone
Count one - you move
Count all the others - you disappear
Cause you never laugh
I count the reasons why you are near
Cause you've never known me
No encores
09 Your Signs (06:46)
It's fine until you know you're here
And you're alone inside this head on your shoulders.
And then you're hard to find.
You get me by the neck
You never change your signs
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By condor
Their unmistakable guitar sound, the unique timbre of Markus Acher’s small voice, so sweet you never want to stop listening to it.
Shrink however reaches its peak with the eponymous song, which I had to listen to about thirty times to be sure that such a beautiful song could exist.
