Yune - Agog (2020) [Hi-Res]

'Agog' is the debut album from Danish indie quintet Yune, recorded and mixed with producer Nis Bysted (Thulebasen, Iceage). True to the desert theme permeating the album, 'Agog' describes seemingly hopeless situations and trying to get out of them without knowing if the glimmer of hope on the horizon is an oasis or a mirage. Erlend Eggestad and Nikolaj Bugge's guitars whirl around and through each other like a dust devil across the desert floor, combining Tuareg sleight and a blockier/linear Western sensibility. Synthesizers shimmer like heat in the air, while bassist Mads Fleth?j Ege and drummer Tobias Andreassen create a rolling, heavy backbone - a motion that feels as if navigating treacherous ground. Finally,singer Tobias Sachsen moves from shoegazy legato and staccato phrases delivered with an almost casual urgency, as on the earworm chorus of lead single 'Odd One Out', or the mysterious 'Unna', which culminates in a hazy string climax that feels as if gravity has shifted by 90 degrees, and the landscape roars by you in horizontal freefall. It's a vivid and mesmerising record - enjoy!