Now, forgive me if I’m wrong here, but I’m not entirely sure that bands from Slovenia have ever really made much of dent in the global awareness stakes? There has been the odd Eastern European dalliance here and there ”‘ cue the mental scenes when Polish bands use dot play the much missed Astoria ”‘ but it is something of a rarity. It’s hard to imagine Analena changing the balance of things, but they certainly deserve a fair crack of the whip.
They have a sound that swings between the angst-y anger of At The Drive-In with the soft touches of Polyvinyl Records stalwarts Rainer Maria, whose vocalist Caitlin de Marias would maybe wonder if she’d been cloned at certain points throughout Inconstantinopolis. There is a danger throughout this record of ATD-I’s classic ‘Relationship Of Command’ being simply reworked, but for all the wearing-their-influences-on-their-sleeves (and everywhere else they can find to display them too), this record is quite enjoyable if the listener does their best not to take it too seriously. It’s got bags of energy and pulses quite nicely from start to finish, but it’s easily forgotten too, relies incredibly heavily on ATD-I for ideas and as there is nothing particularly groundbreaking on here it’ll no doubts barely register outside of the band’s homelands. On listening, it’s easy to imagine them being great fun live, but perhaps they are just too derivative on record.
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