Arabrot’s ninth album, Norwegian Gothic, finds the core duo of guitarit/vocalist/mainman Kjetil Nernes and his wife and co-collaborator Karin Park, exploring new sonic territories. Not that you would expect anything less from them, but this one goes a little farther out past their noise rock roots, while still retaining the grit and muscle of that type of music. So what does Norwegian Gothic do, that is so different from previous albums? Well, it puts a heavy focus on melody and hooks, making this some of the catchiest, weirdest, loud rock you’re likely to hear all year. They have been slowly and surely moving toward this point since their 2016 album The Gospel, which saw them trim down the fat and and add more rock to their noise rock. This evolution continued on 2018’s,...
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