The Lost Poets: Insubordia
The Lost Poets
Insubordia
(Spinnup)
A nearly atonal acoustic guitar begins the very dark âOde to K,â the opener of The Lost Poets’ new EP, Insubordia. The Swedish duo (David Rosengren on vocals and guitar, Petter Ossian Strömberg on drums and bass) offer up this five-song snippet.
Rosengren sports quite a distinctive voice, infusing the metallic-edged tight little first song with lots of personality. We get that same muted metallic-sounding acoustic on the stuttering backbeat-of-a-tune, âLying Downâ (at least during the songâs verses), when things get rumbling loud in the chorus, an unexpected change-up that truly gives you the creeps.
Rosengren is picking his acoustic sweetly with Strömberg adding some nice bass touches on âDie to Live,â which sounds very Bowie-ish. It might be Strömbergâs writing influence here (this is one of the two he co-wrote) that makes this a very poignant piece, complete with strings until mid-way. Even when we get the obligatory (and not needed) drumming, power chords and wailing vocal growling things are certainly more interesting here than in the previous tunes. Weâre back to that scratchy guitar sound on the title track, but I like Strömbergâs weird drum beat and again Rosengrenâs vocal is very spooky and effective. The quick and wonderful âInside the Cageâ ends the EP. It never gets loud, staying low-down with spooky talking vocals.
You can see the bandâs video to âOde To Kâ here.
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