ALBUMS

Good news for the alternative / acoustic / experimental fan: Skallander, the sonic bridge between Wellington and Hungary, returns.

Bevan Smith and Matthew Mitchell’s self-titled new album follows up on their critically-acclaimed ‘Camels’ debut, which MANUAL snowboarding mag declared “a perfect balance between indie rock and electronic show-gazing ambience.”

Even more than last time, the new album sounds like a beautiful soundtrack to an imaginary film noir production with the following shareholders: 30% Robert Wyatt, 40% Syd Barrett, 10% The Beatles, 15% Neil Young and 5% that intriguing guy you vaguely remember from school parties who sipped red wine.

For all the trainspotters out there, a few icons that come to our minds when listening to Skallander are: Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, Elliot Smith, This Heat, Rhythm and Sound, The Groundhogs, Pink Floyd and The Police.

So if you..
* Believe in the future.
* Spend hours with your nose in the newspaper wishing for a better world.
* Remember what it was like to dream of being a sports superstar.
* Think you know better than mapquest.
* Enjoy green apples more than red.

Then this album is for you.

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