The Art of Kissing Properly

Recommended for listeners of:  Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Flaming Lips, Alphaville, Kent, Mew, Poor Rich Ones, The Cure, The Go Betweens, Shout Out Louds, The Mary Onettes, felt, A-Ha, Morrissey, Coldplay, Keane, Travis, Thirteen Senses, Elbow, Editors, Interpol.

Release Date:13th Novemeber, 2006
Label / Distributor: Glorius Records
Performers: Michael Møller (vocal, synth), David Brunsgaard (guitar), Christian Hillesø (drums), Jakob Millung (bass)
Production and Engineering: Gareth Jones, Jeff Knowler (separate sessions)

Track Review

1. The Art Of Kissing Properly
A brilliant slow burner to open the album. Lovely acoustic guitars overlay typically European keyboards. Imagine hearing any great song a rainy morning driving home or a thundering Sunday evening and this song will match the mood.

2. The Town And The City
You may want to go Paris and speak french after listening to this. The song starts off really weird effects on the keyboards. It then reveals itself on a motorway. An extremely catchy and beautifully written song with excellent arrangements. Sounds like early Pet Shop Boys or Alphaville musically. The lyrics actually are reminiscent of Go Betweens. A melodic pop record that is hard to beat in the year 2006.
Video: moi Caprice - The Town And The City

3. For Once Try To Fight For Something You Believe In
Reminiscent of a Flaming Lips song off the Yoshimi album. The vocals are almost a replica of Wayne Coyne. Slide guitars starts this song. The band proves they are very capable of doing vocal harmony backups on this track. There is actually a rock and roll type guitar solo on this track overlaid by the harmony backups. The outro is just brilliant. you may find yourself asking if this is another track. It is a subtle but noticeable shift. The vocals now change to hybrid of Morrissey and Grant McLennan. If you loved how Golden Brown by The Stranglers end, you will love this.
Video:moi Caprice - For Once Try To Fight For Something You Believe In

4. A Supplement To Sunshine
The song starts with delicate piano and keys shimmering guitars over repetitive bass and drums. When Michael Møller's sings he invites into his home, drunkens you and asks you to listen to some of his favorite records. The vocals are done in an almost Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) way. The harmony backups on this track are worth every second.

5. Wish You Were Here
The ultimate driving song for the year, 2006. This is another class track than you will want to hear over and over again. A melodic masterpiece. The thumping bass at the beginning prepares you but not really. The thing about great songs is that the verse is sometimes better than the chorus. This is such a track. The chorus is almost an anti-climax but a beautiful shift to a slower dryer tone. The harmonica and slide guitars on this song are exceptional. It transports to place where you wish you could hear this song non-stop.

6. Stranger Than Fiction
A twinkling piano. This is probably the slowest track on the album. It could be a filler, considering it's just over two (2) minutes long, but it's not. Nothing special but the simplistic approach so perfectly executed. A good attempt at a ballad as they kept it short and sweet. It makes me miss all the simplistic things in life we forget sometimes.

7. The Reinvention Of Simple Math
Drama captured in song is how this track can be described. The falsetto and slide guitar in the middle are the highlights of this song, no doubt about this. This song seems to be the band in their natural state without the 'burden of influences'. "The soft touch of rain washed away the champagne...".

8. I Hate The Place, But I Go There To See You
Probably the weakest track on the album for the repetitive singing of the title. Outside of their attempt at a chorus here, the song is worth having on the record. Flaming Lips is glistening all over this song as well.

9. Drama Queen
The song is another tribute to the Go Betweens. The falsetto when he sings Drama Queen is way above what Grant could sing but it comes off really well, despite the almost 'cheesy' and just almost use of "Drama Queen".

10. They´re Spies, Aren´t They
A lush dreamy track with new britpop keyboards. It dips into almost Curish territory guitars in a very minimalistic way. Is this a love long you will ask, maybe not. The vocals on this song are very similar to Poor Rich Ones.

11. Down By The River
Michael Møller can sing with an ache as anyone you will hear in modern music. One of the top melodic numbers on the album.  A real "wall of sound" track with millions of layers all blending into one at the end. The ripping guitars makes you want them to be louder in the mix. The effects on the vocals probably is the biggest fault on this song and that isn't much to talk about.

Why We Recommend This?
You can tell from listening to this record moi Caprice has exquisite taste music and Michael Møller has studied at the altar of some great vocalists. Make your verses as good as your chorus is a theme of this record. Musically, this record shows you all the colors and so much more, with well layered textures and almost aching melodies. If you are looking for a record that will take you away from the doldrums of life, this is one such. One of the best releases of 2006 without a doubt....For Once In Your Life, Try To Fight For Something You Believe In.. It cannot wait.

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moi Caprice - The Town And The City
moi Caprice - For Once Try To Fight For Something You Believe In

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Short Artist Biography
Country: Denmark
City: Copenhagen
Year Formed: 1993

moi Caprice is a four(4) member Danish band who rose to underground fame in the late nineties when they entered the top slot on the Alternative Chart with the song The Sun & the Silence. This was a first for an unsigned band. A few years would pass before the band released their first actual single, Daisies, and despite it being a slightly awkward ballad, the song turned into a minor hit in Denmark, and with seven (7) consecutive weeks in the top slot of the Alternative Chart was the biggest hit on the chart in 2002. The band ended the year with a nomination for best new band of the year at the Radio Awards. The next single, Artboy Meets Artgirl, proved moi Caprice one of the finest art rock bands in the country, and paved the way for their 2003 full-length debut, Once Upon a Time in the North, which was widely praised by the critics. After an extensive tour moi Caprice released their second album, You Cant Say No Forever, in early 2005. Again the reviews were amazing, some claiming it a true masterpiece. Both To the Lighthouse and My Girl You Blush turned into hits, on both the Alternative and the mainstream charts. In early 2006 moi Caprice was nominated for the grand prize of the Radio Awards. moi Caprice has been widely acknowledged for their skillful song writing, their apt ear for the pop tune in a dark melancholic musical setting, their highly intelligent lyrics in an original style that is inarguably the sound of no one but themselves.

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