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Here are some reviews of Enter Twilight EP. The selection below is only from the foreign press. The Norwegian reviews can be found here: Norwegian reviews
LUNA KAFÉ (US): From out of nowhere (sorry, Holmestrand, don't mean to say your little town is nowhere...) - well, at least for my ears, come Magic Pillows. Magic Pillows. Mmmm, sounds like settling for a delicious night's sleep with sweet dreams and all that follows. Midway through song 1 of this EP I was stunned and lost in its beauty. Because this is amazing. I don't know why, but I've become a big fan in a short time... (read more)
DREAM MAGAZINE (US): This quartet from Holmestrand, Norway are one of the most wonderful things out of this musically fertile country that I've heard yet; and that's really saying something. Only 5 songs in 21 minutes; but they do a lot in a little time, with a haunting grace all their own. Featuring a fantastic female vocalist in Camilla Bruerberg who also provides keyboards, and a male vocalist named Frode Helberg, on guitars, zither, glockenspiel, percussion, samples, and sound effects; and he also writes all the songs. He has a remarkable voice; high, reedy and he can wail with it like a man possessed. Musically you can't escape the landscape of cool distant spaciousness, the contrasts of the instruments playing off of one another in a warm symbiotic harmony. Dramatic psychedelic folk rock, with an almost country feel underneath it all. Ambitious enough to be art rock, but warm and extremely accessible with a sound like Roy Orbison without the stratospheric upper register, but more swooningly ecstatic than sad Roy usually sounded. These aren't songs of loss; they're songs of a new dawn, or at the very least a warm twilight's last gleaming afterglow. Only 1000 of these were made, a full length release will follow, with none of the songs here appearing on it. (NOTE: The Dream Magazine, located in Nevada, USA, is only available in paper edition. Magic Pillows have also been interviewed here. For more info on the magazine, visit their homepage at http://www.dreamgeo.com)
DAGENS SKIVA (SWEDEN): Det finns minst tre skäl till att gilla norsk melankoli, Madrugada, Midnight Choir och Kings of convenience. Därför är det med spänning jag lyssnar på Magic Pillows "Enter twilight EP". Denna kvartett spelar långsam och känslosam musik med starka melodier och nerv i framförandet. Frontmannen och låtskrivaren heter Frode Hellberg, och delar sången med Camilla Bruerberg, vilket ibland får tankarna att vandra till Norge-vännerna Chris Eckmann och Carla Torgerson från The Walkabouts. Dem fem låtarna imponerar...(read more)
MUZIKALIA (SPAIN): Los noruegos Magic Pillows aún no han llegado, por desgracia, con fuerza a nuestro país, pero aquellos que les conocemos seguramente coincidiremos en ponerles una etiqueta: rock-folk acústico. Después, cada cual experimentará sus propias sensaciones...(read more)
OPUSZINE (US): Every so often, it seems like the musical press latches onto one particular geographic region that seems to be bursting with new and previously untapped talent. Last year, it was Iceland, with critical darlings Sigur Rós leading the charge. As of late, it seems like a lot of focus has switched over to Norway, with groups ranging from Kings Of Convenience to Röyksopp getting press. Hopefully, as the music press' gaze shifts to this country, a group like Magic Pillows will get their fair share of attention, as well as their small label, Osito...(read more)
SEFRONIA (FRANCE): En Suède, pays voisin du jeune label norvégien Osito Records, il existe un célèbre conte pour enfants dans lequel un garçon pas très sage, Nils Holgersson, fait un voyage initiatique sur le dos d'une oie sauvage. Sollicité par un violoncelle, un piano, un confortable tapis de guitares acoustiques, le coeur gonfle et aimerait bien s'envoler par la fenêtre du grenier pour rejoindre le petit Holgersson : mais plutôt que Nils, ce sont les Nits ou les Trash Can Sinatras que l'on retrouve, ces amis qui ne nous veulent que du bien...(read more)
SPLENDID MAGAZINE.COM: Magic Pillows are a Norwegian four-piece who play some really interesting pop-rock with folky overtones. At center stage are the songs and vocals of Frode Helberg, who sings in an extremely melodramatic style that is somewhat reminiscent of Jeff Buckley mixed with...Frank Sinatra. But Norwegian. And with a nagging little hint of Lou Reed around the edges...(read more)
NOREN HOREN (NETHERLANDS): Komt het bij jullie ook nog wel voor dat je volledig verbijsterd achterbijft na het beluisteren van muziek? Nou mij gebeurde dit gisteren na het beluisteren van de EP Enter Twilight van de Magic Pillows. Vergeet de nieuwe Junkie XL, vergeet zelfs de nieuwe Radiohead, vergeet alles. Zwijg , luister en huiver...(read more)
INDYROCK MAGAZINE (SPAIN): Segunda referencia del sello noruego Osito Records, Magic Pillows son una banda de pop íntimo, voz emocionada y caricias acústicas que bien podría enmarcarse en la senda abierta por el `Grace´ de Jeff Buckley y continuada de algún modo por bandas como Coldplay en su álbum de debut o en los últimos trabajo de Travis. Con todo esto, ´Her sunlight trap´, el tema que abre el ep también podría entrar en el repertorio menos histérico de Divine Comedy o similares adalides del pop sensible...(read more)
MURMUR (DENMARK): Magic Pillows er et specielt band - det hersker der ingen tvivl om. De debutende nordmænd blander en masse stilarter, og skaber en varm og anderledes lyd, der ikke minder om så meget andet, måske lige bortset fra Mercury Revs seneste plader. Skal man alligevel lave en kort beskrivelse af bandets musik, må det blive noget henad 'akustisk baserede, psykedeliske folkrocksange med fine melodier og et stort, uforudsigeligt lydbillede'. Magic Pillows råder over både en mandlig og en kvindelig forsanger, som begge har store og flotte stemmer - særligt Frode Helbergs stemme rummer mange facetter, og han spænder over alt fra det skrøbelige til det helt kraftfulde...(read more)
GEIGER (DENMARK): En af de første udgivelser på det nystartede norske selskab Osito Records er denne debut-cd fra kvartetten Magic Pillows. Ep'en består af fem sange, der alle er skrevet af sanger og guitarist Frode Hellberg. Bandet har - som så mange andre orkestre i tiden - kastet deres kærlighed på det afdæmpede, akustiske udtryk...(read more)
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