With rumours abound of a darker edge to the relaxed Swedish shoegazers and countless references to the dark Swede vampire flick, ‘Let the Right One In,’ in press releases –the band herald from Blackeberg, the ghostly setting of the flick- I was very excited to see what Sad Day for Puppet’s sophomore effort would have to offer.
On finally listening to the album, however, despite the whispers and other reviews, it’s hard to actually see what’s so god damn dark and gothy about it. Unless referring to the often liberal use of a distortion pedal, the album is generally quite upbeat. You have the occasional ‘sad,’ lyrical subject matters that most other indie acts chant about but, delivered in the effervescently wheezy tones of Anna Eklund the tracks are hardly ever going to bring you down or equally spark a riot. ‘Such A Waste’ sets a decidedly punchier momentum for the band that generally carries throughout, but all in all this is not much of diverge from debut album, ‘Unknown Colours.’
Far more self assured than their last album but lacking anything with the immediacy or potential acclaim of earlier show-stopping track ‘Marble Gods.’ Not bad but certainly not memorable.
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