After a couple of months of vacation here on Meadowmusic, I thought it was a good idea to get started again. I have loads of great artists in store to write about.

First up, a favourite from last year, Golden Kanine, a band that recently released their debut album “Scissors and Happiness” (Stargazer Records). An album that even exceeded the high expections I had, after having listened to the tracks they presented earlier.

They continue here on the path with a more accoustic sound, with horns, mandolins and more added to the setup, moving a few steps away from the guitar-based indie rock they showed before. You’ll find a lot of fantasy, variation and strong melodies in this indie pop/rockish, folkish, wonderful music.

On Golden Kanine’s Myspace page you can listen to more tracks from the album, and here below you’ll find two songs to listen to, the album version of “A World to Save” and “Scissors”:

A World to Save
Scissors

It doesn’t happen that often, but when it does I feel great. To listen to a song that hooks me up from the first verse line, and then even better if it comes without a warning. This happened to me the other day as I sat down to listen to “A World to Save” with Golden Kanine, after a tip here on the blog. I was caught instantly by the the melody, the feeling, the style, the voice. And the song, well, it held me there all through and kept me listening. And it is a song without a real chorus and with a trumpet solo (or is it the trombone?) in the middle!

Yes, Golden Kanine is very special, and not only for the strange name :-). When I listen to their first album from 2007, with songs like “7th Sin” and “Absence”, I hear rock with a lot of energy, good melodies, alarming guitars and the special voice and expression of Andreas Olrog, driving and slightly melancholic.

With the two new songs here, “A World to Save” and “Cough” I meet another sound. It’s calmer with an acoustic feeling, and yes, the trombone player Marcus has entered the band.

I really like their former work, but the two last songs has put a spell on me. The band is on their way to record their next album, which is to be released in the end of the year/beginning of next year. I hope you can help me out here by visiting Golden Kanine’s Myspace page and tell them to hurry up, so that we may hear the rest of the songs from the new album.

A World to Save
Cough
7th Sin
Absence