Cardigans "First Band on the Moon" (1996)
This is a deceptive wee album (and band). On the face of it, it sounds
like an upbeat mix of disco, funk and pop, like a more naive take on
Chic. On closer inspection there is a lot more going on, with the
perky music often acting as background to rather depressing lyrics. On
hit single "Lovefool",
the catchy danceable track features the rather bleak line "I don't care
if you really care as long as you don't go". I've always quite
enjoyed that sort of juxtaposition; a sad message presented in a bright
and shiny wrapper.
A couple of the band members Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, had
previously been in metal bands, and there are a couple of riffs here that,
with a distortion pedal added, would rock quite heavily. The band cover
Black Sabbath's "Iron Man", and their own song "Heartbreaker"
features the main riff from the song "Black Sabbath" from the album
"Black Sabbath" by the band.... er well I forget their name. It starts
with the menacing riff but quickly switches into doe-eyed 60s-esque
baroque pop before moving back to fade out in Black Sabby sludginess.
This band is definitely much more than just a one-trick pony and this album is more than that one song from a Leo DiCaprio film.
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