Kallocain

Kallocain Artist: Paatos
Label: Inside Out U.S.
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 693723010021
EAN: 0693723010021
ASIN: B00024BHQU


Release Date: 2004-09-09

Kallocain


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Tracks:

  1. Gasoline
  2. Holding On
  3. Happiness
  4. Absinth Minded
  5. Look At Us
  6. Reality
  7. Stream
  8. Won't Be Coming Back
  9. In Time

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Album Description

Kallocain is the second album from Paatos and was mixed by Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree). The Swedish band entitles their music "melancolic post rock" with influences ranging from Björk, Can, King Crimson and Portishead, amongst many others. Paatos made their way into the music business very quickly: The first album (Timeloss) was signed to a major label (Stockholm Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music) for Sweden and was soon followed by Paatos' appearance in TV, radio and film. For their second album Kallocain, Paatos have signed a worldwide deal with Insideout Music and on the enthusiastic reactions from Timeloss, this new CD will be strongly awaited from both the media and fans alike. The Special Edition comes packaged in a special Digipak with bonus DVD featuring footage from the Rockpalast concert in January 2004.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Just Beautiful.......2005-11-03

After having listened to this album about 5 times so far, I find that I like it more and more. Some of the songs are so beautiful you just can't help but feel moved. The singer has a very tender and expressive voice that I love. The DVD that is included shows the group in concert doing some of their material and is an excellent addition to this already great package! At times, this group reminds me of Portishead, other times they sound a bit like Karnataka or Mostly Autumn. They really have their own unique sound though and I can hardly wait to get their other album Timeloss!

4 out of 5 stars good, but.......2004-09-08

Being a big fan of their 'Timeloss' effort, I was rather anxious to listen to Paatos's new album after their having been signed to label, as it almost always means commercializaion of music. Kallocain proved it. Paatos became less unique, they started to sound like other bands, like Cardigans for instance. Making big hits is not what Paatos is best at.
But still Kallocain has some nice melodies, sound is good, and most important, that's not the kind of music that's released every day.
4 stars for being less unique.

4 out of 5 stars Incredible album........2004-06-25

I was recently introduced to PAATOS a few months ago with their previous album, "Timeloss". While that album certainly peaked my interest in the band with their dark-and-dreamy 70s & modern influenced prog/dream/shoegaze pop/rock -- their latest album 'Kallocain' has me on my knees! Nearly every song is an emotionally driven gem. The vocals are fragile yet powerful - somewhat similar to Bjork, but also to Slowdive. Speaking of Slowdive, fans of that shoegaze/britpop style of the mid-90s will worship songs like "Holding On" and "Happiness". The mood over-all is heavily melacholic yet never one-dimensional. Musicianship must also be noted as the rhythm section is absolutely INCREDIBLE. Guitars are always drenched in superbly chosen effects and mixed with both acoustic and electric passages. Not to be forgotten are the wonderfully sorrowful string (violin/cello) and piano arrangements similar to Nick Drake 'Way to Blue' era. I get chills just thinking about it!

The only reason I didn't give 5 stars was because there are a few moments with electronic elements that just aren't my style, but thankfully they are very limited.

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