First Impressions: Love Is All, Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
By Kate Cliffen on January 20, 2010
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Love Is All
Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Polyvinyl
Release date: March 23
Tracklisting:
1. Bigger Bolder
2. Repetition
3. Never Now
4. Less Than Thrilled
5. Early Warnings
5. False Pretense
6. The Birds Were Singing With All Their Might
8. Again, Again
9. Kungen
10. A Side in a Bed
11. Dust
12. Take Your Time
First Impressions:
-Two Thousand and Ten Injuries kicks off straight away with the feel-good track “Bigger Bolder.” It’s an upbeat number, complete with horns, hooks and a sound that you can’t help but move to. Alongside Josephine Olausson’s charismatic vocals, it sets the tone perfectly for the rest of the album; frantic, yet tight, and carefully constructed.
-“Less Than Thrilled,” “Early Warnings” and “Kungen” are just a few of the stand out tracks, full of “Ba-Ba-Ba’s”, and snappy guitar. Catchy, fun and building in momentum throughout, these are quite simply pop-punk gems.
-The record does calm down at several points; the band show a softer side in tracks such as "Never Now" and "A Side in a Bed," where amongst subtle saxophone tones, Olausson sings, "I want a seat by a table/ I want a side in a bed.../ I want a place in somebody's head."
-After picking things up again with the zippy number “Dust,” the band close with the most experimental and quite sweet final track, “Take Your Time.” The sound is a little different from the rest of the album, but still encompasses that new wave-esque sound and punk-rock rhythm that makes them what they are.
Key Tracks:
“Bigger Bolder,” “Less Than Thrilled,” “Early Warnings,” “A Side in a Bed”
Predictions:
Love Is All has kept in similar style to its two previous albums, with no drastic changes to the sound - but that is not a bad thing. Two Thousand and Ten Injuries is a well-balanced album, jam packed full of short, snappy tracks that leave you wanting more.
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