Karmanian Records
Producer: Emil Isaksson
For fans of the B-52’s or the more crooning side of Weezer comes Danish alt-rock group Vinyl Floor. The muddy—and, at times, unintuitive—chord progressions are reminiscent of early Pearl Jam. The album’s instrumentation explores discordant piano and dewy electric guitar chords, weaving in and out of genres spanning polka to country, only to settle back into their rock-fueled turf. That home field advantage is most present in tracks like “Tell the world it happened,” “Back of my hand,” and “Puppet Laureate.” Nevertheless, the cinematic atmospheres and creative approach to genre experimentation aren’t enough to buoy their one-note vocals.
