Blue

by Communions

Overview

In the 2010s, Denmark became home to a new breed of bands who took the rage and ferocity of punk rock and transformed it into something more polished and exacting, but no less powerful. But if bands like Iceage and Lower are reworking the frameworks of punk, Copenhagen's Communions are their new wave counterparts. 2017's Blue, the first full-length album from the Communions, is all clean lines, crisply processed drums, and cool, melodic guitar figures, suggesting they're a lost British band from the era when the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Chameleons, and the Mighty Lemon Drops held sway. Communions aim for a brighter, less gloomy sound than those acts, but the framework isn't especially different, and you could drop most tracks from Blue into a mix drawn from a late-'80s episode of 120 Minutes and most listeners would never be the wiser. This speaks to the skill of the band; in less than three years, they've evolved into an outfit that can play at the level of their influences, and write tunes that musically and lyrically point to influences of the past and attitudes of the present day. Lead vocalist Martin Rehof can sound passionate and yearning at once, while guitarist Jacob van Deurs Formann, bassist Mads Rehof (Martin's brother), and drummer Frederik Lind Koeppen perform with crisp professionalism, while producers Mads Norgaard and Malte Fischer capture them with a sound that's slick but not overbearing. Blue is an inarguably impressive full-length debut, and it highlights their ability to evoke the sound and mood of a particular time and place. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	02/03/2017
Label:	Fat Possum Records
UPC:	0767981159225

Tracks

1. Come on, I'm Waiting
2. Today
3. Passed You By
4. She's a Myth
5. Midnight Child
6. Got to Be Free
7. Don't Hold Anything Back
8. Take It All
9. It's Like Air
10. Eternity
11. Alarm Clocks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Communions   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Communions   Composer,Artwork
Mads Norgaard Nielsen   Producer
Mads Rehof   Group Member
Martin Rehof   Group Member
Frederik Lind Koeppen   Group Member
Adrian Solberg   Sleeve Photo
Joe Skilton   Cover Photo
Malte Fischer   Producer
Tea Palmelund   Artwork
Jacob van Deurs Formann   Group Member