The Go Find - Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
The Go Find - Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
[Morr Music, 2010]
I fell in love with the Belgian band The Go Find from the very first album, from the cover (Soviet-kindergarten-like paintings with boats and palms) and most certainly to the music. Naive and beautiful simplicity, hot summer in December and stuff like that… On the third album, the picture changes from summer-water landscapes to the same type of drawing, winter-mountains, but the essence of the sound stays the same. Electronic guitar pop and mellow sound, with the vocals that sound like melted butter. Dieter Sermeus sounds a bit sad at times, and always calm. And the soothing (but pretty fast) rhythms keeps on throughout the album.
The lyrics are as sad as the voice (sometimes joined by female vocals). Like on “Love Will Break Us Up” (don’t tell me you haven’t thought instantly of Joy Division), “You always full of life / Me, always ten steps behind.” I especially liked a merry “One Hundred Percent” (featuring Karolien Van Ransbeeck of Few Bit), a simple and sweet “Cherry Pie” and “It’s Automatic”, reminding the most of the old works… Yet, the whole album sounds very… together’y, very beautiful and composed, and it’s hard to mentally stress one song over another.
The label’s website describes “Everybody Knows…” as the following metaphor: “Imagine the sound of cereal hit by milk in the morning, only heard if you listen closely. A sound that is comforting and addictive.” Little less can be said. A nice and casual sound, home-like, very warm and simple.
Read & Listen:
Official website
The Go Find Myspace
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