Madrugada - The Nightly Disease

CD: CDVIR135
RELEASED: 2001
LABEL: Virgin

With their second record, released in 2001, Norway's Madrugada eschews the epic bombast of their masterful debut, 'Industrial Silence', and instead finds discomfort in the bleakness and despair that is 'The Nightly Disease'. The vocals is following the paths of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, but with its own signature. The lyrics are more poetic, the songs are much more diverse, and the production is wonderfully dirty, giving the record a rather dangerous aura. It seems as if Madrugada has taken elements of the best bits from their past -- for example, the beautifully dark "A Deadend Mind" -- and combined them with a new rawness and energy found in "Nightly Disease Part II," an intense, high-tempo song echoing depression. Like some of the best records ever made, it is not particularly accessible, but once you get into it, it is sure to make a lasting impression.

Influences / Similar Artists:
And Also The Trees, Nick Cave, Raskolnikov, Q Club

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