Exclusively available in the USA this March 11th, Brand New Pants, the cinematic soundscape debut out on Crunchy Frog Records.
Wolfkin will take you down for a trip through their own personal fantasia. A place where mirages of orchestras, string-sections and otherworldly sceneries are invoked amidst the duo's hall-of-mirrors band. Treacherous tales and adult themed adventures - sung with great pathos and cheeky self-relativity by two male singers. A musical mixture of exotic noir, Morricone Americana, stylish and dirty drum programming that demand dancing, and oozing with psychedelic sensibilities reminiscent both of the spaced-out synthesizer meditations of the seventies as well as the sixties' hotheaded guitar-driven ecstasy of rock&roll. At heart, it all remains a case of classical singing and songwriting: songs that both hooks you and hoodwink you, as they unfold lush in detail and ever-changing, shimmering from that murky twilight state between the real and the unreal.
Lars Vognstrup and Kristian Godtfredsen - collectively known as Wolfkin - were neighbors when they first started writing and recording music together. Although both were still heavily involved in other successful projects at the time (Lars, was with Junior Senior and in the band Money Your Love and Kristian, in his band Sleeping Agents), it wasn't long before they realized that they had a unique musical understanding of one another and a chemistry that compelled them to start collaborating on a more serious level. Before they knew it, an album was in the works.
These Are All Illusions could well be 2008's dancefloor staple, reminsicent of Peter Bjorn & John's own infectious hit Young Folks. Tracks like the seductive Vacant Heart playfully flirt with bips, bleeps, beats and abstract guitar riffs, enough to prick the ears of any dedicated Portishead fan. In contrast, songs like Coyoacan ooze the sultry sounds of Mexico City, where Lars recorded part of the album with the legendary Mexican punk band Molotov. Consequently pulling from various cultural sources of inspiration, Brand New Pants is a truly refreshing and diverse debut album and one that will surely be a favorite of many critics in 2008.
Delve into the wondrous world of Wolfkin and interact with samples and visuals
from the track The Great Divide from their debut Brand New Pants.
Wolfkin will take you down for a trip through their own personal fantasia. A place where mirages of orchestras, string-sections and otherworldly sceneries are invoked amidst the duo's hall-of-mirrors band. Treacherous tales and adult themed adventures - sung with great pathos and cheeky self-relativity by two male singers. A musical mixture of exotic noir, Morricone Americana, stylish and dirty drum programming that demand dancing, and oozing with psychedelic sensibilities reminiscent both of the spaced-out synthesizer meditations of the seventies as well as the sixties' hotheaded guitar-driven ecstasy of rock&roll. At heart, it all remains a case of classical singing and songwriting: songs that both hooks you and hoodwink you, as they unfold lush in detail and ever-changing, shimmering from that murky twilight state between the real and the unreal.
Kristian Godtfredsen (left) and Lars Vognstrup (right)
Lars Vognstrup and Kristian Godtfredsen - collectively known as Wolfkin - were neighbors when they first started writing and recording music together. Although both were still heavily involved in other successful projects at the time (Lars, was with Junior Senior and in the band Money Your Love and Kristian, in his band Sleeping Agents), it wasn't long before they realized that they had a unique musical understanding of one another and a chemistry that compelled them to start collaborating on a more serious level. Before they knew it, an album was in the works.
Brand New Pants was written and recorded in both Copenhagen and Mexico City. Encapsulating the long and cold Nordic nights, reflected with the dark and devious electronic undertones and samples, then coupled with upbeat, quirky and danceable pop sensibilities that often seem to derive from those infamous and bleak European winters.
These Are All Illusions could well be 2008's dancefloor staple, reminsicent of Peter Bjorn & John's own infectious hit Young Folks. Tracks like the seductive Vacant Heart playfully flirt with bips, bleeps, beats and abstract guitar riffs, enough to prick the ears of any dedicated Portishead fan. In contrast, songs like Coyoacan ooze the sultry sounds of Mexico City, where Lars recorded part of the album with the legendary Mexican punk band Molotov. Consequently pulling from various cultural sources of inspiration, Brand New Pants is a truly refreshing and diverse debut album and one that will surely be a favorite of many critics in 2008.
Delve into the wondrous world of Wolfkin here and interact with samples and visuals
from the track The Great Divide from their debut Brand New Pants
