Murmansk describe their music as perhaps being "shoegaze with aggressive edge", which is a far better way of putting it than what's said on the band's Finnish-language Wikipedia page – "Murmansk's music has been described as indie rock, alternative rock, krautrock, shoegaze, noise rock, stoner rock, psychedelic rock, post-punk, hardcore punk, goth rock, math rock and progressive rock."
While some of that is bollocks, it has to be said that Murmansk are somewhat eclectic. Maybe not when one considers all the different genres of music they could choose from, but you probably get my point.
On their latest LP, some of that eclecticism (i.e. the dictionary tells me that's a word) has been replaced by more consistency. Whether that's a result of them signing to a subsidiary of Universal Music International (embarrassingly called Spinefarm) is worth some consideration even if it's the completely wrong conclusion to come to.
I've had a listen to the two LPs of Murmansk's I was able to lay my hands on, but since this blog isn't interested in corporate releases, I'll just tell you about the first of these albums. Admittedly, though, you'll come across tracks from the former if you follow the links below, and some of it's definitely commendable.
The independent album in question is Chinese Locks, whose titular track is available on the band's Myspace page (www.myspace.com/murmansktheband) as is the sort of Tool-esque track "Pale", which I'm not so keen on. I can't seem to be able to track down anything else from the album, unfortunately. The songs "Vague Language" and "Shallow End" are worth a listen, especially if you come across better quality recordings of them than what's found here and here.
While some of that is bollocks, it has to be said that Murmansk are somewhat eclectic. Maybe not when one considers all the different genres of music they could choose from, but you probably get my point.
On their latest LP, some of that eclecticism (i.e. the dictionary tells me that's a word) has been replaced by more consistency. Whether that's a result of them signing to a subsidiary of Universal Music International (embarrassingly called Spinefarm) is worth some consideration even if it's the completely wrong conclusion to come to.
I've had a listen to the two LPs of Murmansk's I was able to lay my hands on, but since this blog isn't interested in corporate releases, I'll just tell you about the first of these albums. Admittedly, though, you'll come across tracks from the former if you follow the links below, and some of it's definitely commendable.
The independent album in question is Chinese Locks, whose titular track is available on the band's Myspace page (www.myspace.com/murmansktheband) as is the sort of Tool-esque track "Pale", which I'm not so keen on. I can't seem to be able to track down anything else from the album, unfortunately. The songs "Vague Language" and "Shallow End" are worth a listen, especially if you come across better quality recordings of them than what's found here and here.
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