In ancient Greek mythology, Mimas was a giant – very fitting for these massive sounding Danes. The Worries blossoms with blissful pop moments, other-worldly riffs and bizarre lyrics (try “The friends, they smell even worse, even worse than my armpits/Armpits, armpits, the worries!” for size). Each of the 9 tracks flow into each other creating an album that sounds like a single piece of work (very much like cLOUDEAD’s self titled album), not songs jumbled together on a CD.
Highlights are provided by the undeniably epic Why In The World Not? which after 2 minutes of brilliant Russian Circles meet Sigur Ros wizardry fades away to a simple bass line and the soft noise of a radio/TV, the searing closing riff to Cats on Fire with it’s crashing drums and heartbreaking vocals and the climax of the final track ‘Beneath The Glad Sunbeam’ building from melodic delayed guitars to Jesus And The Mary Chain-esque noise before fading back to luscious guitars.
Overall The Worries is hard to fault but it’s not without it’s disappointments – Fangs stumbles along atmospherically but never really takes the listener anywhere, parts of the vocals lack dynamism; however, these moments are few, and far between. On the whole The Worries is full of charm and character that’s lacking in most emerging bands in 2008 and soul thats been lost in established post-rock acts.
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on 16/09/2008