EAN: 0763232305021

Imagine a cross between the {|Squirrel Nut Zippers|}, some of {|J.G. Thirlwell|}'s more swing/exotica-oriented work, and {|Lacuna Coil|} and you've got Diablo Swing Orchestra. This Swedis… Plus…

Imagine a cross between the {|Squirrel Nut Zippers|}, some of {|J.G. Thirlwell|}'s more swing/exotica-oriented work, and {|Lacuna Coil|} and you've got Diablo Swing Orchestra. This Swedish group combines swing and hot jazz in a '30s style with metal and operatic female vocals, with the results being quite compellingly weird, though decidedly not for everyone. Their instrumentation -- guitar, trumpet, keyboards, bass, cello, drums, and dual male-and-female vocals -- allows for a fair amount of energy and style-hopping, but the songs always work as songs rather than as mere displays of instrumental/vocal technique (though it must be said that Annlouice Wolgers has an astonishing voice), and their thrashy riffs have a groove that'll get any moshpit moving. The European funhouse/carnival atmosphere occasionally gets a little too thick, giving Sing-Along Songs the feeling of an elaborate joke, but the Orchestra always gets quickly back on track, with songs like A Tap Dancer's Dilemma offering thoughtful lyrics atop the rampaging swing-metal grooves. Ultimately, this is too weird a record to ever succeed in any kind of mainstream way, but fans of the groups cited above (or of {|Tim Burton|} movies, as {|Danny Elfman|}'s soundtracks to them are a clear stylistic reference point) will almost certainly dig it. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, Sensory Records Core >3<

EAN: 0763232305021

Rock & Pop CD.Recording information: IF Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden.Imagine a cross between the Squirrel Nut Zippers, some of J.G. Thirlwell's more swing/exotica-oriented work, and Lacuna… Plus…

Rock & Pop CD.Recording information: IF Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden.Imagine a cross between the Squirrel Nut Zippers, some of J.G. Thirlwell's more swing/exotica-oriented work, and Lacuna Coil and you've got Diablo Swing Orchestra. This Swedish group combines swing and hot jazz in a '30s style with metal and operatic female vocals, with the results being quite compellingly weird, though decidedly not for everyone. Their instrumentation--guitar, trumpet, keyboards, bass, cello, drums, and dual male-and-female vocals--allows for a fair amount of energy and style-hopping, but the songs always work as songs rather than as mere displays of instrumental/vocal technique (though it must be said that Annlouice Wolgers has an astonishing voice), and their thrashy riffs have a groove that'll get any mosh pit moving. The European funhouse/carnival atmosphere occasionally gets a little too thick, giving SING-ALONG SONGS the feeling of an elaborate joke, but the Orchestra always gets quickly back on track, with songs like A Tap Dancer's Dilemma offering thoughtful lyrics atop the rampaging swing-metal grooves. Ultimately, this is too weird a record to ever succeed in any kind of mainstream way, but fans of the groups cited above (or of Tim Burton movies, as Danny Elfman's soundtracks to them are a clear stylistic reference point) will almost certainly dig it. Musique - Audio Variété<

EAN: 0763232305021

Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious Sing-Along-Songs-for-the-Damned-Delirious~~Diablo-Swing-Orchestra Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock CD

ISBN: 0763232305021

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