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Album Review: Kissogram - 'Rubber And Meat'

Confused clubland synth-pop

May 27, 2009 | 1 Comments
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With a foot on the dancefloor and a hand in the underpants drawer of Berlin’s clubland, the third LP from German synth-poppers Sebastian Dassé and Jonas Poppe comes off as a conflicted beast indeed. ‘The Deserter’ and the euphoric title track work surprisingly well, and ‘Backseat Of My Mind’ sounds like Daft Punk bumping helmets over a lascivious blues strut. But the scattergun approach renders this less coherent than Gordon Brown’s facial expressions in a YouTube address, and frankly, we’re not sure how to dance to that.

Alex Denney

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6 out of 10

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Honey_Bunny

Jun 15, 2009

In my opinion , 6 out of 10 is ungenerous . The album shows that the band likes to express itself in many different styles , also because so different are the influences they have in their background, calling the result uncoherent or confused is inappropriate, and superficial , for me . If being coherent means having the songs sounding all the same , like some bands have been doing for years, or sticking always to one style all the time, I find it boring. Also, there are tracks like "Tonight I'll Go Out Alone" and "Nocturne No.27" that definitely deserve to be mentioned when talking about "Rubber&Meat" , because they represent another interesting side of Kissogram . I agree that in the album there are some Daft Punk beats, but I wouldn't say they are in "Backseat Of My Mind" at all, the song reminds me more , if we necessarily have to find similarities, of Air . Overall, it may be a matter of taste, but I'm sure I know well how to dance to that and I'd give this 10 out of 10 !