Great OK!

In a world with tendencies towards strict rules, like risotto with white wine and no ice in your whisky, Ok Go have managed to spring and conquer like chips dipped in icecream: fabulous! Wtf, not ‘wtf’ to what I just said, but rather the first track that is a clear itch for scratching of the whole album. Ok, so Ok Go got the itch and the rest of the album is definitely the irritation - in the most positive way. Let me explain: irritation not from creepy leaves in the forest but from too much truffles pumped into you after two whole days with no sweets in the house – that kind of irritation!

One of my first thoughts regarding the negatives is that the album should be listened to on loud speakers and an incredibly good sound system. On something else, you are listening to just noise, not music. That thin, is the line between considering the album brilliant and considering it stupid. I have no idea what these boys were thinking, but they proved to be bolder and attempted at being cryptic and above all suave. If sometimes the voices are reminiscent of Lenny Kravitz and even Prince, the negatives are reminiscent of clear jazz and blues. The guitar solo on Skyscrapers is … wow. White Knuckles takes you to the dance floor where you can swirl around a guy/miss and sing along with the tune on “I want you so bad I can’t breathe”. End Love is so techno and edgy you have to make out with somebody.

Another track passes for you to be brought pondering on Last Leaf, that is such a sweet track you need another truffle. Last time I heard somebody mention Kathmandu was in this amazing animation called Anastasia (with Meg Ryan and John Cusack); well Ok Go revives the word in Back from Kathmandu where the boys intertwine dreams with reality and say this truth: “everybody needs to get through the night”. Amin! The boys continue with While You Were Asleep that is, go figure, a sweet lullaby and then round it up with the last track, by resurrecting the beat one more time with In The Glass. Magnificent percussion, a tiny of piano, a tempered base and a decisive organ, all sustain the boys with the chorus “What have I done?”. Well, I say the boys did great. 2010 for music is looking quite promising when starting with albums like Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky from Ok Go.

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