Published April 13, 2007
Riding high on an indie rock wave, comes the Reykjavík fivesome Skátar with their first studio album, and it has its irregular glorious moments. With a barrage of guitars, bass doodles and whacky keyboards that at times seem to be heading in different directions and lyrics that mostly repeat a single sentence; it is not the most accessible CD the first time around, but the quirkiness grows on you. The first seven minutes of Taco n’ Surf a Prayer is the best song of the album, although I could well have done without the full minute of pointless noises that follow. Behind their experimental approach, Skátar have delivered a somewhat interesting but inconsistent album; they seldom fail to impress, but they sometimes fail to entertain. To be fair, many songs on the CD sound as if they need to be enjoyed in a live setting to be fully appreciated. SBB
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