Emotional
nu-folk from Copenhagen. Boho Dancer re-release their debut album
with an additional three extra tracks.
In his book
Japrocksampler, Julian Cope presents a theory about
similarities in the national outlook of British, Japanese and Danish
people. It boils down to a backs-turned belief that all other
countries would be OK if only they followed more closely our example.
Having never travelled to Japan or Denmark I couldn't possible say
whether this theory hold any water, though after having listened to
Danish folk-pop trio Boho Dancer, it appears he may be onto
something. Certainly the music they make evokes a mood and a
landscape familiar to anyone fond of exploring the peaks, moors and
dales of Britain's backbone. Their mainly acoustic instrumentation
has a timeless, elemental, fire and brimstone quality, which when
combined with their Brit-folk inspired melodies bring to mind frosty
early mornings, the sadness of distant car headlights glimpsed from a
windswept moor, dark skies and deep, still fjords.
Boho Dancer are Simun
Mohr, Asker Bjork and Ida Wenoe. They hail from Copenhagen, the
capital city sinister fairy tales. Their debut album Gemini is
getting a deserved re-release next month as a bonus version with
three extra tracks. For the most part it's acid-folk with a touch of
Scandinavian noir. Frosted, breathy vocals combine with understated,
tasteful playing to invoke a melancholy, wintry mood. It's music
that's mysterious and enticing. Like a cliff-top romance it's welcome
and exhilarating yet with an ever present sense of danger. Like a
Bronte novel set to music. Emo-folk anybody? Over here in Blighty,
we've recently cottoned on to Scandinavian crime dramas. On the
strength of this album their music will surely find a similar place
in our hearts. Fans of Pentangle, Sandy Denny, PJ Harvey, Karen
Dalton, First Aid Kit, early Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan's John
Wesley Harding LP will find much to like here.
Click here for more on
Boho Dancer.
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