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Tried searching for threads on him, but I mostly found threads about Monster Magnet and Magnet Magazine.

Anyway, I just bought the most recent album by Magnet, and I am really overwhelmed. I mean, the last one was great as well, but this is just fantastic.

Imagine Coldplay with more synths and a more detailed production, or "Kid A" era Radiohead with melodies and proper song structures. And some great ones too. The fact that he uses his own voice instead of trying to sound like Bono or Thom Yorke is also a positive thing.

I know he has had a lot of attention outside Norway already (been on several big movie soundtracks, for instance). But this time he really deserves a definite breakthrough.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Can you recommend one or two tracks ? Didn't he do a cover of Lay Lady Lay with Gemma Hayes ?

― snowballing (snowballing), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 08:10 (twenty years ago)

Yep, he did.

Opening track "Hold On" is ace IMO.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

Quite keen to hear this. Jason Falkner helped out a bit on it apparently

― mms (mms), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 11:18 (twenty years ago)

i like 'nothing hurts now' but have trouble remembering much else of what he's done. nice sounds though

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

Hum, do you think you can Yousendit the track you are talking about Geir ? I'd love to hear it.

― snowballing (snowballing), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)

I didn't Falkner worked on this too - now I definitely need to hear it.

Here's him doing a Johnny Cash cover live: http://www.itsatrap.com/special/magnet-i_walk_the_line.mp3

― Avi (Avi), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

Here's his website then: http://www.homeofmagnet.com/.

Hey, there are MP3s.

― brittle-lemon, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Here's a song from the new album:

http://music.diskobox.net/mp3s/Magnet%20-%20Duracellia.mp3

I agree with you, Geir; the first time I heard "Hold On" I must have repeated it 20 times. ;)

― Robyn, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

The sceond track on the album, "Duracellia," has really snuck up on me. The production is perhaps a little more straightforward than the other tracks -- it's more or less a folk-pop number -- but the tune is quite, quite lovely and wistful.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Monday, 29 August 2005 10:04 (twenty years ago)

"Second," that is.

Also, it's a bit Sondre Lerchesque.

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Monday, 29 August 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

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