100 DB

Sweet and pretty. The first track "Not My Kind" gives us such a fantastic and impressive impression. "100 DB" was released in May 2022 as the sixth full-length album of a Swedish Krautpunk duo SIRI KARLSSON. Everybody has already enjoyed their single cuts "Not My Kind" and "100 DB" a while before, and this lp lives up to our expectations too. Yeah the titled song full of challenging mystique produced via their great instrumental technique and massive enthusiasm is very sharp-edged but somehow acceptable. This track explains enough what they want to do, as they say "voodoo punk, art rock, and psychedelic world". Makes sense.

"Are You With Me?" sounds like another catchy punksy stuff under pop cultural structure. Their funky, freaky, and silky chorus are quite attractive. "Den Stora Kärleken" involves excessive dark matters and disquieting sound situations. Melody lines are simple but the whole music circumstance in the track cannot be simplified at all. Such a complicated musical construction should be their characteristic I guess. In "Siri's Hymn" we can attend to their quirky but solemn atmospheric choirs. What a mystery their hymn is due to their mysterious aptitude or tendency.

On top of that, let me say the last longest song "Lay Us High" should be one of their masterpieces, that is drenched in weird eccentric Krautrock cellular liquid. Especially in the middle part, crazy dissonant fiddle dizziness launched by Cecilia completely thrusts me into the sixth dimension. And finally the dizziness is transferred to obvious comfort. The rhythmic wonder via drums and percussion is also crucial. The last musical celebration on a large scale would express SIRI KARLSSON's current spirits and feelings. A long combination of repetitive melodic masses will not be monotonous nor tedious, but kinda splendor that shows me another dreamy dream.

Maria and Cecilia always ease us up. Good.