Maestro

The kind of album that makes you go "hmm".

7/10. Better than I expected

I apologize to my Nordic ancestors but Nordic languages sound so ugly to me. Almost like Jack White choking on his own vomit. Perhaps even worse than that is when they sing in English with a Norwegian accent. That evoked early career Nick Cave pretending to be a woman in some sort of Monty Python skit. And it wouldn't be an album without some circus music. 3/10

Cool album. Thanks for suggesting.

Ehem... respect, but... what's this, exactly? A bit of Gogol Bordello vibes... I was never a fan of Gogol Bordello

It's all but impossible to have a blast with the Kaizers, and reading about Maestro's concept puts it in perspective. Treats the impulse to read scattered English words into syllables. I get the distinct sense that the band, not only the character, enjoys cheeky quotation. Is noisy extension a rejection of alt-rock tradition or embrace?

As always with music in a language I can't speak I feel limited in judging it. Are these lyrics rad or super dumb? Who knows? (Norwegians). I liked the sound anyway, interesting elements of rockabilly and even surf.

Is this in the Norwegian version of the book?

It sure is mid 2000s alt-rock.

This Norwegian rock definitely has a different vibe to it. I thought Christiania was the best song, very reminiscent of the Red Hot Chillis. I probably wouldn't seek it out but its was a novel listen.

Hard to connect with without understanding the language, but I can’t hate getting the opportunity to hear a new kind of music and I love that this thing of ours has led to some (presumably) Norwegian person recommending me an album

Yeah pretty cool, Norwegians tend to do rock music pretty well. I enjoyed this. 4/5