Yesterday I had a flick through
Nialler9's Twitter Mixtape, made up of suggestions from his Twitter followers and stumbled across a gem of a track, which had been suggested by
@coillfhada.The track in question is 'Fail Forever' by Danish alt-pop group
When Saints Go Machine. The track can be downloaded for free via
Niall's post.
As it happens, last week saw the the Copenhagen-based four piece release their début album, 'Ten Has A Face'. The record was a collaboration with producer Christoffer Berg, who has previously worked with some of my favourite Nordic acts, including
Robyn,
The Knife and
Fever Ray.
After hearing the snippets on When Saints Go Machine's
Myspace, I have reason to believe that this album might be one of my favourites of the year. I particularly love their track 'Pinned', which sounds like the lovechild of Hercules & Love Affair and Gnarls Barkley. I've more or less had it on loop for the past 24 hours.
Each track is markedly different from the previous one and yet there is a 'signature sound' that permeates their material. I hope this band get the attention they deserve.
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Non-Danish fans of When Saints Go Machine must continue to exercise the patience of saints (ahem) as they wait for an international release of their album 'Ten Makes A Face'. The band are one of my favourite discoveries of 2009 and, by rights, the album should be supermassive when it's eventually granted a release.
