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ARTIST
AASTHMA
TITLE
Arrival
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
MONKEYTOWN
CATALOG #
MONKEY 127LP
MONKEY 127LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
9/30/2022
Arrival
, the debut album from Swedish duo
Aasthma
, is big, bold, bright, and utterly fearless. It's described by its creators as a larger-than-life "secular rapture" that sounds like "
Justin Bieber
meeting up with
Rotterdam Terror Corps
to do an
Abba
cover at the Grand Ole Opry." The byproduct of a friendship, Aasthma is a collaboration between
Pär Grindvik
and
Peder Mannerfelt
, best known individually for their exploits in the techno realm. Calling
Arrival
a pop album might serve as an effective shorthand, but sonically, it's a high-fidelity whirlwind, occupying a dazzling sound world where Top 40 ballads and breakbeat rollers gleefully canoodle with trap bangers, neon-streaked EDM, and guttural dancehall. Arrival is absolutely Aasthma's vision, but it's not exactly a solo effort. Few acts would dream of enlisting both the sultry melancholy of
HTRK
vocalist
Jonnine Standish
("It's Just Your Style") and the swaggering rhymes of Swedish rapper
Silvana Imam
("Soulhack"), but Aasthma did just that and more, lining up what they describe as a "dream mixtape" that includes the talents of
Shout Out Louds
' front man
Adam Olenius
("Lights Out"),
Equiknoxx
co-founder
Gavsbourg
("Nod"), and glittery pop crooner
Casey MQ
("3am"). Mixed by Aasthma together with
Johannes Berglund
(who's previously worked with
FKA Twigs
,
The Knife
, and
Fever Ray
),
Arrival
combines technicolor maximalism with the trademark sheen of Scandinavian pop.
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