Album Review

Envelopes – Party

• 29th Jan 2008

‘If there’s a party can I go?’

Way to write your own biography. This catchy snippet from Malmo’s oompa pa poppers, Envelopes’ new single sums up their spirit and purpose. Despite their recent admission that they are too skint to go on tour, Henrik and company tour round the bubblier and lighter end of our indie/pop paradise. Through Polyphonic Spree waters over the isle of Belle and Sebastian to the great land of Beautiful South via a cheap Bonnie Tyler ‘Total Eclipse of The Heart’ chorus rework.

A dark sky looms by way of the lurid lyrics that are quite easy to miss on first listen, due to the feel good frolic of the wide ranging instrumentals.

A more discordant, empirical side is revealed through ‘Go To Hell’ that leaps off a pulsating percussion grounding, skirting The Sounds territory. When second album ‘Here Comes The Wind’ is released in February and their record label digs deep for a much needed tour, there definitely will be a party. Can I go too??