Do You Want Me, Death?

Moa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B002LW9IWQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,741 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

After a successful tenure fronting the hard rock band Meldrum (a favorite of the likes of Motorhead and one-time touring mates Black Label Society), Moa left the group out of a desire to try new things musically.
The tracks comprising Do You Want Me, Death? are a 180-degree about-face from Meldrum, infinitely more arty and diverse, veering from raging squalls of sound to simple, spare guitar-and-vocal balladry.
Recorded live and mixed over seven days at Gröndals Studio in Stockholm birthplace of recordings by the Hives and Timbaland, among others Do You Want Me, Death? was produced by Moa and her bandmates, and it features contributions from electric guitarist Conny Nimmersjö, considered by many to be the Thurston Moore of Sweden.

Riddled with saxophone squeals and squonks, and propelled by pounded-out chords the Stockholm-based band avoids guitar solos altogether Do You Want Me, Death? properly announces Moa, both the band and singer, to the world at large.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing, October 8, 2009

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ramone (nyc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do You Want Me, Death? (Audio CD)

This CD ROCKS! MOA is a Swedish rock goddess and is a force to be reckoned with. Her voice has an urgency and a pain that resonates throughout the CD in the most beautiful and tragic way. I can't stop listening to this, and have fallen in love with every single song. I was lucky because my friend told me about her and that Lemmy was a fan, so we went and saw the band when they came to New York. I was blown away by their live show. Moa is a spellbinding front woman and her voice & band is top notch! Can't wait till they get back here.

3.0 out of 5 stars Many signals, July 10, 2011

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Paul Lawrence "'EJL'" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Do You Want Me, Death? (Audio CD)

Moa came to my attention as the singer on the Meldrum album Blowin' Up the Machine which was a full frontal blast of raucous hard rock attacked with verve and conviction. Moa didn't so much as sing on that album as muc has roar her (and the listeners) head off. That was some years before the release of this curiously monikered album and on this album it would appear that Moa has decided a more varied and eclectic mix of songs is what she wants to present to the world.

The album consist of 13 tracks with the first being a rather inconsequential throw away intro. Sonically there is some muscle in the numbers so people like me who are on board because of her association with Meldrum will find something here for them to listen to and the vocal melodies on track 3 - Crash, Burn and Die - are quite pleasing. Elsewhere the ladies strong voice is well utilised but if you've heard Blowin' Up the Machine you'll be sitting by your stereo waiting to have your head lopped off... and it never happens. Tracks like Hunt You Down are worth a listen and it's quite clear that a lot of thought went into making this album though some tracks such as #9 - Crazy - well I wish they'd thought to NOT bother to include its overlong carcass. I'd rather less music than bad music.

Much of this album seems to want to be seen as some arty hard alternative which the song titles sort of allude to. As does the aforementioned title and the frankly rather strange booklet photos where Moa wears a body stocking and nothing else in various strange poses. Speaking of the booket however the thing does come with full lyrics which is always a nice touch and the sound quality is fine. There isn't too much sheen or antiseptic sound qualities here and in there is a certain feeling of `bulk' in terms of the sound on a lot of the tracks.

I would not fully recommend this album to you without advising you to sample as much of it as you can either here or elsewhere and then make up your own mind. I respect this as art and it's a gutsy move to not produce the expected in the pursuit of sales but conversely this album with a few qualities just did not hit the spot for me.