{"id":10980,"date":"2022-03-07T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=10980"},"modified":"2022-03-07T08:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T07:36:57","slug":"new-album-beachheads-beachheads-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/new-album-beachheads-beachheads-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Beachheads || Beachheads II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solid release week if you like your indie rock upbeat, energetic and European. We already posted about the excellent new Eades (UK) record<\/a>, and here is another solid release, this time from Norway. Beachheads are 2\/4 Kvelertak, but Beachheads sounds more like Teenage Fanclub with a record collection full of ’80s underground pop and punk. Side note: another Kvelertak member released a sonically similar record last year as part of the Needs<\/a>. That one was a pleasant surprise, but also raises the question: should Kvelertak become a powerpop band?<\/p>\n

The second Beachheads record builds on the band’s first, but in addition to the color change in album covers (the band went from yellow to pink), Beachheads II<\/em> is more laid-back and even more pop-oriented than the band’s debut, which I felt had a more punchy vibe overall. I haven’t made my mind up which version of Beachheads I prefer, but clearly these four dudes know how to write catchy tunes.<\/p>\n

Beachheads II<\/em> is out now on Fysisk Format. The pink and black splatter LP looks particularly appealing<\/a>.<\/p>\n