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My Highest Recommendation and Album Of The Year!!!, December 9, 2011
I can't believe no one has reviewed this amazing album yet!!?? I had an early high quality release in mid-August, a little over a month before it was released officially on September 27th, 2011. I was in awe the first time I heard it. I stll am. Last year, it was Phantogram's "Eyelid Movies". This year, it is Pallers "Sea Of Memories". I listen to more indie and electronic music than anyone on the planet and can name thousands of bands off the top of my head, including hundreds's from this year alone. Pallers are Henrik Mårtensson and Johan Angergård from Sweden on Labrador. This is their debut album. It is a mesmerizing, instant classic. From beginning to end, it is emotionally complex and original. Every song, with the exception of #9, "Wicked", is incredible. And to be honest, "Wicked" isn't a bad song, just abruptly too upbeat, and being the one song sung by a girl, feels out of place. The album is a mixture of warm and cold, like snow-covered fields on a sunny day, or hot blood running through you as you make your way under a cold, grey sky with an unexpected eclipse of the moon breaking through above. I absolutely love Johan's voice and heart-breaking lyrics. The Pallers music is sometimes subtle and sometimes epic but not with any of the usual forced epicness many bands seem to be at fault for. It has elements of synthpop, chillwave, shoegaze, electro pop and electronica but is seamless in it's weave of perfection. Standout tracks are "Come Rain, Come Sunshine", "Years Go, Days Pass", "The Kiss", "Wired" and my favorite, the closing song, "Nights". My highest recommendation of 2011!!!
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