eggstone 'vive la différence!'

 

eggstone have never before been more curious and eager to follow their own melodies to the end of the world. it's rare to find a pop album where the songs are filled with so many chords as 'vive la différence!'. but eggstone prove that knowledge and disciplined intellectualism can be as important to great pop as dumb and horny teenage neurosis. on this album, there is not one thought or theory without emotional backing. eggstone don't make music with their hearts or their heads, they play on the fine strings in between."

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with 'vive la différence!', eggstone deliver their most colourful and fascinating peep show yet. the changes from slender semi-accoustics ('april and may', 'supermeaningfectlyless'), to symphonic powerpop ('head around', 'still all stands still' and the single 'never been a better day') often takes place within the same song. sometimes, in songs like the grand 'marabous' and 'taramasalata', you get a notion of the cardigans. but eggstone feel remarkably older and more experienced. they've simply had more time to peel off more layers, and reach greater depths.

perhaps this is what the cardigans will sound like in five years.

 

kjell häglund
pop #22