Logh: North

By: Charbarred | in: Music |

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I think I’ve pretty much established how much I respect Logh with The Most Beautiful Album You Don’t Own. Now with their fourth album, this Swedish six-piece seems set on shedding their “obscure guitar band” label and become something a bit more substantial.
Upon first listen it is evident that Logh is expanding their sound. The gloomy guitar delays make room for pianos organs and acoustic guitars. Singer Mattias Friber is no longer hiding behind the band and is actually singing rather than donating his voice to a collection of instruments. The melodies are straight forward almost echoing er…A-Ha. In a sense, this is Logh’s “Deserter’s Songs”. But does it work?
“North” consists of 10 songs, of which at least 7 start with either a piano or an acoustic guitar and break into huge drums half way through. This formula is exciting at times, but gets tired after a while. Logh’s main selling point, the guitars are greatly amiss. While some bands like Mercury Rev or The Flaming Lips manage manage to replace the guitars with interesting sounds and exciting studio magic, North stays true to the real band experience. In a sense, the organic sound of the pianos allows them to emphasize their newly found interest in writing great songs.

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It’s these songs that make or break the album in the end of day. It takes a few listens to fully comprehend Logh’s new approach to songwriting, but after a while you find yourself right at home with the beautiful melodies. Notable tracks are album opener “Saturday Nightmares” and “All the Trees”. But the stand out track is “Thieves in the Palace”. This 8 minute masterpiece showcases all that Logh has to offer. It’s a beautiful tune with epic guitars that takes you on an emotional ride that is probably worth the price of the whole album.
Overall, North is a good album. It is nice to hear a band’s foray into a bigger, shinier production (apparently their last album was recorded in a day) without necessarily “selling out”. While ‘Every Time a Bell Rings, An Angel Gets His Wings’ is second to none, this is still a highly recommended album for both Logh fans and new would be fans.

Logh - Saturday Nightmares

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Posted on March 14, 2007

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6 Responses to “Logh: North”

Brett lee on March 14th, 2007 4:18 am

I have gone through the above site which gives description about the various albums and i have gone through the similar site which gives a very much detail about new albums

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Rustycat on March 14th, 2007 6:49 am

Ha?!
If you’re going to comment might as well make sense in the process.
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Rustycat on March 14th, 2007 6:51 am

Forgot to say I LOVE LOGH! they’re an amazing band, one of my top 10.

vexingmodstwo on March 14th, 2007 9:35 am

LMAO, Rustycat… Never heard of the band but they sound pretty good.

Judy on March 21st, 2007 3:24 pm

The new songs are amazing!!

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