Maribel ‘Jezebel Jive’ (Splen Dour)

This Norwegian four piece have been compared to luminaries such as My Bloody Valentine, complete tosh of course, nobody can emulate the music Kevin Shields created twenty years ago…especially Kevin himself, they have however taken his sonic template and created something just as special. ‘Jezebel Jive’ is the lead track from their second album and although the ethereal and impossible to decipher vocals are from the same hush hush place Belinda Butchers were, this track fits in nicely with other more contemporary ‘nu-gaze’ acts such as Spotlight Kid and Still Corners. Time for a dream, then. 7/10
Chris Todd