Monday, September 15, 2008

Peter Bjorn and John To Release Instrumental CD

What! You mean all the time we were recording...
the microphone was turned off!

Peter Morén, Björn Yttling and John Eriksson, better known on a first name basis as Peter Bjorn and John, release their new album Seaside Rockon September 23rd.  The album is an instrumental soundtrack of their childhood memories in Scandinavia. There are some voices sprinkled in the mix, but they are monologues from native residents.  Some songs feature African and Brazilian musical styles, some are more romantic and dreamy, but very little whistling to be found this time.

This CD could be a bummer for fans expecting something along the lines of their excellant indie rock breakthrough and one of my favorite albums of the 2007 Writer's Block. Actually, according to Billboard magazine PB&J are already at work recording the rightful follow-up to Writer's which is expected to drop next year.

Until then, we have this musical interlude to tide us over.  The good news is it has some very nice sonic landscapes to it and enjoyable as background music.  I've selected a couple of my favorite tracks along with some cuts from their previous efforts and Peter Morén's solo release earlier this year.

Rating: 6/10

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree. I was expecting the follow up to Writer's Block. I guess we'll have to wait another year.