{"id":18755,"date":"2020-05-13T05:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=18755"},"modified":"2020-05-13T06:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:34:52","slug":"album-review-rattanson-id-much-rather-be-with-the-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/album-review-rattanson-id-much-rather-be-with-the-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: R\u00e5ttanson — I\u2019d Much Rather Be With the Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nervy, high-octane powerpop is the chosen style for R\u00e5ttanson, a one-man project from just outside Stockholm. If you\u2019ve discovered the remarkably consistent output from Swedish bands working in the powerpop idiom, you\u2019re likely pre-sold on something like this. Good on you; you won\u2019t come away disappointed. But even those who may not yet have turned on to the joys of current-day Swedish rock \u2018n\u2019 roll are likely to be won over by this fine set. Titled I\u2019d Much Rather Be With the Noise<\/i>, this collection of fourteen songs grabs listeners by the ears right from the start and never lets go.<\/p>\n

The nasally-voiced R\u00e5ttanson (he\u2019s one of those mononym types, you see) plays everything but the drums, but \u2013 more importantly \u2013 he crafts sharp hooks, and his songs don\u2019t beat about the bush; each gets right to the heart of what makes powerpop (at its best) so exhilarating. Occasionally the songs have a retro feel: \u201cRathole Guest\u201d has some whooping backing vocals that evoke memories of the rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cSympathy for the Devil, and the arrangement features a kind of Bo Diddley beat at its core. But mostly, the songs on this album are straight-ahead pop-rockers.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiss This Year Goodbye\u201d feels like the best tunes from The Records, and it would sound right at home on a second volume of Children of Nuggets<\/i>. R\u00e5ttanson is just as effective when he slows the tempo a bit, as on \u201cNo Best of Me,\u201d a gentle rocker with hints of Merseybeat. Yet while he occasionally changes up the instrumental mix \u2013 nostalgic combo organ textures on \u201cDancing on the Head of Snakes\u201d and \u201cWant You Around,\u201d banjo on \u201cSure of My Doubts\u201d for example \u2013 there is a subtle sameness that creeps its way into the songs here.<\/p>\n

Still, the quality is uniformly high, so that isn\u2019t a serious criticism, but the music on I\u2019d Much Rather Be With the Noise<\/i> might best be enjoyed in the context of a larger playlist that includes other artists \u2013 might I suggest fellow Scandinavian rockers Arvidson & Butterflies<\/a>, ANC4<\/a>, The Greek Theatre<\/a> and The Amazing<\/a> \u2013 set on shuffle play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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