The Sick Man Of Europe – The Sick Man Of Europe (The Leaf Label) – Now we have shared a couple of tracks from this album already on these rather fractured pages, we have been enjoying the crispness of it all and today the full album has landed here. The Sick Man Of Europe has been on repeat for most of the day, it has been helping today’s paint flow. And it does flow, the music I mean, not the paint (well the paint was flowing in a reasonable enough manner today as well, probably not is such a monochromic way as the music does). Is monochromic a word? Has the is it a word question ever stopped us using a word?
“Emerging from London’s underground music scene, The Sick Man Of Europe is distinctly monochrome in its outlook. Each note counts in this climate – economical but played with absolute precision and conviction”.
It is economical, not too economical, it is rather crisp, clean, economic rather than minimal. Economic forward moving electronic music that does kind of echo the current semi-establishment notions of what’s called post punk now, or maybe a more European art rock thing? It does feel rather now as well as rather 80s.
This is the debut self-titled album from The Sick Man of Europe, who the Sick Man is isn’t really clear, it probably isn’t that important, the details are though, the details he’s lace his sound with, the attention paid to the details within the music made are what makes this album work when other things of a similar nature maybe don’t quite work so well. I mean we’re not talking anything revolutionary here in terms of the music made, but then how many albums are really that revolutionary? And does it always need to be anyway?
What this is a rather fine, rather enjoyable, 80s sounding, slightly post-punk flavoured crisp clean alternative sounding machine-driven electronic debut album that does all you need it to do in a rather stylish way.
The debut self-titled album from The Sick Man of Europe is set for release June 20th via The Leaf Label, we’ve rather enjoyed the company it has provided us with today.
Photo credit: Bella Keery
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