Am Ende der Welt
Apollon, 2020
8/10
An outfit from Norway who are extremely unclassifiable and rarely stay in place for too long, Weserbergland brings just 1 track to this album, and it’s over 40 minutes of uniquely textured playfulness.
A very reflective and layered track, Am Ende der Welt has computer, guitar, piano, saxophone, strings and turntables working together with much attention to detail as the setting shifts from unconventionally classical to dizzying with a club like feel. While there’s certainly plenty of krautrock influence in the tune, there’s just as much experimental and progressive prowess to the very atypical landscape that’s as likely to get bare and pretty with keys just as it is to get busy and abrasive with a noisey appeal.
This is the sophomore album from Weserbergland and it’s a departure from their earlier work that was knee deep in German krautrock. Somewhere between electronic music and modern classical, Am Ende der Welt finds a very unorthodox place to exist as bandleader Ketil Vestrum Einarsen constructs an impressive listen.
Travels well with: Christopher Sky- What It Is,, It Isn’t; CNJR- WSTLND