So, we were ready to take in some copies of the album based on the packaging alone. It's got a beautifully hand-printed three-color cover with a Venus
So, we were ready to take in some copies of the album based on the packaging alone. It's got a beautifully hand-printed three-color cover with a Venus flytrap on it, hand-cut to open up like some kind of geometric flower with a nice micro-text bookmark insert inside. Definitely intrigued, we thought it would be alright to take a chance and play it on the stereo for everyone to hear. We were right. Good to know it's OK to fly in the face of a tried and true cliche' about judging books. A bunch of customers asked if they could buy a copy but we had to turn them away since all we had was the promo. We're ready now.
Kirsten Ketsjer the Rock Band is a three-piece from Denmark, made up of Anja on drums and vocals and Anders and Andreas on dueling guitars. They have the good-hearted melodic chime of the Feelies, the easy-going moments of the Minutemen, as well as the jazziness of Sea and Cake and a little of the bombast of Polvo or even Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. All of that is wrapped up in a smart, fresh-faced, noise-friendly open-endedness that keeps you on your toes. Smiling. Yet all of this classic American indie rock is somehow turned on its head and it breathes like a newborn baby. "The Bridge" is a juxtaposition of tragedy and triumph that will give you strength to persevere, while "How Is Your Sleep?" and "Ernie and the Sand" are full of feel good spirit and imagination that inspires. ffffoo k tsscch is a great album that has the same brand of "feel good" as Au Revoir Simone but in a different way and for different reasons altogether! It's great to hear such familiar sounds done in a new, effective, unforced manner! [SM] (May 3, 2007)
LINER NOTES:
all music and lyrics by
kirsten ketsjer the rock band
all instruments played by kirsten ketsjer; anja jacobsen, anders lauge meldgaard and andreas führer. except violin on "the bridge" by nils gröndahl backing vocals on "peoples republic" by inger kristine & jonny kontant. lead vocals on "tillykke med fødselsdagen" by bertil, karoline, thera, rapperdrengen otto, cornelia, lukas, mads og eika, børnehave klasse og første klasse fra boblerne, freinetskolen på valbylanggade. sheeps and birds on "the bridge" by the sheeps and the birds.
recorded at the yoyooyoy ton-studio in berlin & in laden at svening, dalen, tokke kommunen, bø, telemarken, norge, by the yoyooyoy mobile ton studio.
mixed at the supermelle home entertainment studios, fogdemarken, nørrebro, 2006.
mastered by arne lytter.
cover by smittekilde and kk
thank you: inger kristine & the strange days house, jonny kontant, nils grøndal, johs lund, oliver hoiness, toke mortensen mortensen, marc martini, marcello, rumspringa, niels frandsen, koda måske djbfa.
the bridge: moustaches flying all over in the air the
young women shouting they really don't care and people
are jumping jumping down from the bridge while mirrors
are thrown out of windows from the fifth floor and all
the young women shouting they don't care no more and
people are jumping jumping down from the bridge warm
summer sun in red burnt faces people stopping on the
bridge wanna get out of their mazes and they start
jumping jumping down from the bridge while 25,000
dollar cameras are smashed on to the floor and all the
young women shouting they don't care no more and
people are jumping jumping down from the bridge 10,000
watts spots smashed on to the tarmac road the young
man is taking off his coat and he starts jumping
jumping down from the bridge while all the mirrors are
thrown out of windows from the fifth floor and all the
young women shouting they don't care no more and
people are jumping jumping down from the bridge they
all come to the bridge and they all start jumping down
even the queen is taking off her crown and she starts
jumping too jumping down from the bridge Foot and
foot: speak speak tree speak old chair i saw you come
down speak speak car speak foot and foot i saw you
come down speak speak rope speak good cup i saw you
come down speak speak wind speak clear sight i saw you
come down How is your sleep: on the first night heat
waves rushed all over the country making temperatures
rise above fifty two degrees hey honey how is your
sleep on the second night dry grass ignited and put on
fire to two small trees just near the big forest hey
honey how is your sleep on the third night the whole
forest went up in flames taking all animals with it
and headed for the main road hey honey how is your
sleep on the fourth night the fire came to the suburbs
where it burned down schools and industrial buildings
before it went for the metro hey honey how is your
sleep on the fifth night the fire came with the metro
to the main city square where the government advised
people to go deep under earth hey honey how is your
sleep on the sixth night the main city square had
burned down to the ground and the fire went with
increasing speed towards the river hey honey how is
your sleep on the seventh night the fire came with the
river to the sea where volcanoes broke out and
everything under water went straight up in smoke hey
honey how is your sleep on the tenth night you could
see a burning ball moving through the universe with
all its survivors deep under earth taking a real good
nap Porridge: I've got porridge in my shoes and that's
just the good news bbc and fried eggs sushi cream
cheese and visions of long legs let's go to pluto
cause that's the farest away we can go Ernie and the
sand: Ernie he lives right out of town out there where
the sand can make a man drown it gets into your eyes
it gets under your skin and when you come back you
don't know where you've been out here you get sand
everywhere it gets into your ears it gets into your
hair it gets into your blood it gets into your veins
it won't even wash off when it rains you know ernie he
once took me for a walk and we just walked and walked
and walked and talked and then we came to this big
rock in the middle of the desert and i could see the
scared look in ernie's eyes as he said honey we gotta
go find a cave and he started running and then i saw
this big white cloud behind us and all of a sudden i
could see nothing but small white particles going into
my eyes going into my ears going under my skin going
into my blood into my bones that's when i noticed i
had let go of ernie's hand and now i saw a big ship
coming in with pirates on top of it and mermaids down
under and wild animals and now this big white bird
grabbing the whole thing and flying closer and closer
towards the sun where is ernie he used to live out of
town out there where the sand can make a man drown it
gets into your eyes it gets under your skin and when
you come back you don't know where you've been Heavy
rain on jolly jumper: like a wooden pipeline in a
nuclear war like miss universe's dress from the year
before like a roller coaster on a clear blue night
like a japanese fighter for the wrong and the right
like a thief in the u f f like a tour de france champ
who's blind and deaf like a body builder on a drunken
night like a teenage daughter's act of spite that's
how i love you like a swear word in an arab church
like the search the search the search the search it's
like spring time in a german bunker or the vanity of a
hard rock punker like a son and a mother a mother and
a son like the game is predicted before it's begun
like the beauty that'll find its various ways of free
flowing streams or going astrays that's how i love you
Peoples republic: one morning all the people of china
they woke up at half past eight they went out of their
houses said good morning and started to jump if you
don't know the cow as a holy cow why don't you eat it
and if you don't know the clay as a holy clay why
don't you beat it all the bio dynamic milk comes from
the bio dynamic cows all the worlds okays have cut the
use of all the wows the intergalactic peace has not
yet come to ease with all the bio dynamic cows and the
complete lack of wows bio wow wow bio dynamic
cowowowowow bio wow wow bio dynamic cowowowowow There
is more: there is more even when you've done it all
before and you've given all you had in store and your
arms are way too sore and you've closed and blocked
the door there is more there is more even when you've
crossed the bridge and you finally got rich and you're
running with a stitch and you've emptied the fridge
there is more there is more even when the last word
has been said and your stomach has been fed and your
lover's gone to bed and there's nothing more to get
there is more there is more between your thoughts and
your lips between your two swinging hips and the beat
your heart skips the wine and the sips there is more
there is more between a star and the light between the
work and the fight between the day and the night
between okay and all right there is more
year 2007