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A few years ago the Danish brewer Carlsberg ran a series
of adverts where the Danes love the beer so much they would
go to any lengths to stop it leaving their country, well,
the same thing seems to be happening to their music! The
Storm have only just signed to Spinefarm after years of
being a Danish secret, Cryoshell is currently only released
in Denmark, and now my Danish spy has discovered Celina
Ree. All three are premier league acts, professionally recorded,
with expensive videos, tailor made for the international
market, but they don’t want anyone else to know! Sadly my
spy succumbed to temptation and was bribed by bacon sandwiches
to reveal nothing, so all I know about her is that she is
a young singer songwriter, and this her debut album sung
in her native tongue. Her style is the sort of Evanescence
esque gothic alt rock that will go down a storm in America,
with looks that can stop a beer wagon. She sets out her
stall with three prime cuts of alt rock, including the single
and title track ‘Kortslutning’. ‘Se Dig Selv I Mig’ is a
lovely gentler number, followed by the awesome ‘Mørkeræd’,
which starts out with exotic groovy sequencers before soaring
into the stratosphere. After the Porcupine Tree ‘ish’ ‘Savner
Dig Sindssygt’ comes the anthemic ‘Når Du Rør Ved Mig’,
and the moody ‘I Sort’. The stomping ‘Tænd Et Lys’ with
it’s wonderful synths reminds me of My Chemical Romance
and Green Day. Another excellent alt rocker and the gentle
piano ballad ‘Evighed’ wraps the record up nicely. Celina’s
website is http://celinaree.dk/
and you can download the album from iTunes. This is another
Danish artist who deserves to breakthrough the blockade
and gain an international audience, 8.5 out of 10.
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