{"id":61587,"date":"2012-10-21T19:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=61587"},"modified":"2012-10-21T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:39:54","slug":"skivrecension-paul-banks-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=61587","title":{"rendered":"Skivrecension: Paul Banks &#8211; Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Artist: Paul Banks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Titel: Banks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Betyg: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>F\u00f6r tio \u00e5r sedan gav Interpol ut sitt debutalbum <em>Turn on the Bright Lights<\/em>. En milstolpe inom den post-punk revival som sedan 2000-talets b\u00f6rjan tycks ha sinat ut en aning. Interpol ligger p\u00e5 is och medlemmarna \u00e4gnar sig \u00e5t diverse egna projekt.<\/p>\n<p>Bandets frontman Paul Banks, som\u00a0tidigare gett ut soloskivor under namnet Julian Plenti, droppar alter egot och sl\u00e4pper nu sin f\u00f6rsta skiva under eget namn. En skiva som kort och gott b\u00e4r titeln <em>Banks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Men Banks bariton som tillh\u00f6rde Interpols mest utm\u00e4rkande drag \u00e4r som tur \u00e4r fortfarande intakt. Den st\u00f6rsta skillnaden \u00e4r att Paul Banks till\u00e5ter sig sj\u00e4lv att experimentera med olika intryck. Resultatet \u00e4r att han f\u00e5r utlopp f\u00f6r visioner man inte trodde existerade. Skivan \u00e4r som ett kollage av olika id\u00e9er. Till och med samma l\u00e5t kan hoppa fram och tillbaka mellan olika stilar, vilket g\u00f6r ljudbilden mer lekfull \u00e4n Interpols monotoni.\u00a0Borta \u00e4r basen och post punk-trummorna. S\u00e4g ist\u00e4llet hej till gitarrarpeggion som m\u00f6ter allt ifr\u00e5n keyboards till subtila str\u00e5kar och hiphop-beats. \u00d6ppningssp\u00e5ret <em>The Base<\/em> mynnar till exempel ut i en discofunkig brygga &#8211; n\u00e5got som aldrig hade fungerat p\u00e5 en Interpol-skiva. Efterf\u00f6ljande <em>Over My Shoulder<\/em>\u00a0\u00e4r skivans mest raka indiepop-d\u00e4nga och borde spelas p\u00e5 varenda amerikansk studentradiostation. \u00c4ven instrumentala\u00a0<em>Lisbon<\/em> och avslutande <em>Summertime is Coming<\/em>\u00a0med sina sk\u00f6ra vibrato-dr\u00e4nkta melodier tillh\u00f6r skivans h\u00f6jdpunkter.<\/p>\n<p>Men vem \u00e4r Banks? Texterna k\u00e4nns personliga men \u00e4r s\u00e5 kryptiska &#8211; stundtals obegripliga &#8211; att det \u00e4r sv\u00e5rt att riktigt s\u00e4tta fingret p\u00e5 vad han vill s\u00e4ga. Men hans enigmatiska stil fungerar s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge vissa textrader\u00a0g\u00e5r att relatera till.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e5gra l\u00e5tar &#8211; s\u00e5som tr\u00f6tta\u00a0<em>Arise, Awake<\/em>\u00a0som bara blir underlig n\u00e4r de samplade Borat-liknande r\u00f6sterna kommer in &#8211; kunde lika g\u00e4rna ha stannat p\u00e5 ett demostadium, men i sina b\u00e4sta stunder \u00e4r<em>\u00a0Banks<\/em> i alla fall b\u00e4ttre \u00e4n Interpols senaste opus. Framf\u00f6r allt \u00e4r det nog en n\u00f6dv\u00e4ndighet att Banks f\u00e5r leka av sig lite innan han b\u00f6rjar arbeta p\u00e5 n\u00e4sta Interpol-platta.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e4sta sp\u00e5r: The Base, Over My Shoulder, Summertime is Coming<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/glVzl3aGlIw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Paul Banks Titel: Banks Betyg: 3 F\u00f6r tio \u00e5r sedan gav Interpol ut sitt debutalbum Turn on the Bright Lights. En milstolpe inom den post-punk revival som sedan 2000-talets b\u00f6rjan tycks ha sinat ut en aning. Interpol ligger p\u00e5 is och medlemmarna \u00e4gnar sig \u00e5t diverse egna projekt. 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