Après l’extraverti Junior, l’introverti Senior, un album entièrement instrumental !
Röyksopp est un groupe de musique norvégien formé de Svein Berge et Torbjørn Brundtland. En 2009, l’extraverti Junior, qui fait la part belle aux chanteuses suédoises telles Lykke Li, Karin Dreijer Andersson et Robyn, envahit les ondes.
En 2010, l’introverti Senior, album plus sombre lui emboîte le pas. Très différents, les deux opus ont pourtant été travaillés en même temps afin de « satisfaire deux besoins artistiques très différents avec l'âme collective de Röyksopp ».
Tracklist, avec commentaires :
1. ...And The Forest Began To Sing - We could have called this track "gearing up"... If one pretends there is a protagonist leading the way through the album, this track is capturing how he perceives "the moment of anticipation". He's just opened up a case full of various drugs, and he can't believe his luck... Where will this take me...? 2. Tricky Two - The drugs take hold. To us this is a dynamic track where the protagonist is being taken through different stages of the drug. It starts of in the small, gets bigger until the point where the sensation is all-consuming. The track picks up speed, shifts over to harmonic bliss, but always with a certain undercurrent of nausea. 3. The Alcoholic - A tale of an alcoholic. We share a romantic view on a specific kind of alcoholic. Imagine the grifters in the tale of Pinocchio, but with a taste for booze. We follow the alcoholic for a full day, for the first swig of the day, throughout coexisting tantrums & bliss, until he falls asleep out in the fields. Bless... 4. Senior Living - Steel guitars, ‘nuff said. 5. The Drug - This highly synthetic drug is the latest craze. Gentle and appealing at first. Repeated use will result in severe personality distortion. Hear that little sound in your head? That ever decaying little "melody"? ..That's your mind going... 6. Forsaken Cowboy - Broken, bruised and rejected by society, our flawed cowboy tries to cope. Godspeed. 7. The Fear - The reaction to the life you've led. It's sneaking back upon you. Haunting. 8. Coming Home - Finding peace, sobering up and staying clean. 9. A Long, Long Way - But abuse comes with a price; A descending or ascending feeling (whatever you prefer - depending where you're going), until released from this mortal coil. The Final Day (Hidden track) - Kinda goes without saying; judgement.
