A Quick Fix of Melancholy

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2007-02-08 rating:
Excellent Little EP
This little 2003 EP was a lovely understated reminder that Ulver were still making interesting, original and ultimately infectious music. There is only four tracks here, all encapsulating the trademark electronic styling, Garm's powerful and atmospheric vocals and a refined ear for melody.

My favourite track here is "Eittlane" which is a re-working of "Nattleite" from their acoustic folk album "Kveldssanger". The song starts decently with a nice laid-back and moody feel, and slowly builds to the final beat drop over the washing tones, and Garm's vocals can be heard just adding to the already rich textures. "Little Blue Bird" is a demonstration of Garm's outstanding and diverse vocals. He can effortlessly switch from quiet and eerie to loud and operatic. He is a truly underrated singer, which unfortunately reflects the band's somewhat cult status. "Vowels" is another excellent song, combining some big and loud vocals with tasteful strings that never become overblown. "Doom Sticks" is my least favourite song here, not that its bad, it just doesn't live up to the other three as it becomes rather repetitive.

Overall this is a very enjoyable four track EP. Fans of Ulver should always expect the unexpected - such is the nature of this diverse band - but you would be wrong to expect a dip in quality.

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review by: NattensMadrigal date: 2006-02-08 rating:
Always Ulver
This album is the taster for the noir of Blood Inside.
Warm, Beautiful, Dark and Lovely. Synth tastic, particualy Doom Sticks and Vowels, are delicate and searingly mystical. They will pull you in.
unfortunaly, the track Eittlane, the remix of kveldsjanger of Nattleitte wasn't so my cup of tea as i love the original so much; though it was a touching reminiscnet nod to their past, almost with a touch of the burzum spirit in it maybe? However, this hardly matters when vowels so easily destroys me till i smile from ear to ear.
i wanna preach about this band. cos they have captured something of the essence of life, love and energy, and if that is melancholy - joy and sadness then yes; this is my fix

and a fix it is.

ps. scrap what i said about Eitttlane, i just listened to it again, and the end is so beautiful and soft. man i could get intimate with this music.
maybe i said too much?

and hell yes.
wolves really do evolve.


review by: date: 2003-12-15 rating:
Enter the Future of Music
THIS is probably the most sensitive record by Ulver. It brilliantly sums up all the band's career. The distorted guitars of their early recordings are here, Garm's voice reaches new dimensions again, and everything is surrounded by fantastic pads, with patterns similar to one of the band's biggest influence, composer Arvo Pärt.
The glitch aspect of Ulver is still here, but tamed this time, the lyrics are incredible and the feeling is, well, awesome. Treading new unexplored paths in the world of contemporary music.
W o l v e s E v o l v e

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