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This is the third album from Trondheim, Norway’s Deleted Waveform Gatherings. We are treated to a dozen more tunes by the prolific Øyvind Holm – what started out as a 7” EP became a full-length LP when the band came up with nearly 20 sketches for new songs.
Fans of the mighty but now defunct Cotton Mather are going to love this band and album. The band consider this new release a lot more from the hip than “Baby Warfare”. Recording began in a big Norwegian barn “to preserve the rough 60s garage feel” on some of the songs, with additional overdubs on their own mobile studio. The album was mixed by Lars Lien, who also mixed “Complicated View”.
"The writing was fast, the recording was fast and the mixing was fast -- a bit like the old days. And I think we've ended up with our best album so far," commented Øyvind Holm on this latest release.
The album is catchy, well-paced and tight. We at the label thought Teenage Fan Club meets The Who. “This House” has a Telepathic Butterflies-style chorus, “Shadow of Your Ego” ventures into an almost Fripp-ian guitar interlude, closing with an acoustic feel. “Don’t Wanna Know” has the pop intensity of The Sweet/T. Rex. “What You Trying to Prove” sounds like R.E.M. backed by Television with a touch of Summer Wardrobe.
(And if you want to check out another side of Øyvind, be sure to look for his 2009 side project Wonderwheel also on the RQ label.)
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Shindig-magazine.com
All in all, Baby Warfare is the best album in which Holm has ever been involved because the songwriting is richer and more melodic than ever before. |
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Nordlys
"This [Baby Warfare] is their second album, and again Holm delivers pop tunes that even at their weakest are good. At their best they are breathtaking. |
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Powerpopaholic
It's a toss up, but there is definitely something here for everyone, and the quality tunes here make this an album worth getting. |
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Not Lame
Listen to the songs here and the grooves will explode immediately if this is going to be something that you will fall in love with - I'm betting that you will as this material is just flat-out classic! EXTREMELY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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Adresseavisen
Probably Øyvind Holm’s most accessible collection of tunes ever. It radiates courage and dignity to put focus on the tunes like Holm has done these last few years, and “Baby Warfare” is yet another strong release. |
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GROOVE.NO
The clichè used in reviews of Dipsomaniacs albums were that the band deserved a break-through soon, and that they in a perfect world would be played on the radio and become stars world-wide. This clichè is still applyable on Deleted Waveform Gatherings.
And maybe Øyvind Holm will experience what Robert Pollard managed in the
end: To become a rock God at the age of 37. |
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ADRESSEAVISEN
Just like Holm's earlier merits, "Complicated View" fumes with quality and good craftsmanship. The production is tidy and clean. The tunes hold a more or less high an steady level of quality, with more punch and pouring guitars, and fewer songs of the sentimental kind. |
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