I've never been a fan of the Swedish band Paatos. That's mainly due to the rather mediocre voice of Petronella Nettermalm. Their new mini-album V contains only four new songs. It opens with Feel, which is in my opinion also the best song. It's a rather 'heavy' up-tempo track with a nice guitar solo played by Peter Nylander. The next track Desire contains hooks and riffs and lots of vocals; the third tune Cold War is a rather humdrum, poplike song. Into The Flames sounds like a pop song by U2 and is therefore redundant. The other four songs are revisited and remixed versions of old pieces. The question is: does the band have already lack of inspiration to write new songs? I don't know, but Tea and In Time are both boring acoustic tracks during which it's hard to stay awake! Precious is a rather folky piece and Your Misery is the only decent song of the latter four. All in all I think V is a rather disappointing album. *+ Martien Koolen (edited by Peter Willemsen) Where to buy? |
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