{"id":34919,"date":"2025-11-18T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=34919"},"modified":"2025-11-15T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:39:05","slug":"album-review-payphones-wrong-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/album-review-payphones-wrong-number\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Payphones || Wrong Number"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payphones is a garage rock & roll band from Norway, featuring Eirik Slinning Korsnes (guitar, vocals, piano), Rigmor Hanken (bass), and Kjartan Mager\u00f8y Aarseth (drums)\u2014you might know them from last year’s Garage Punk Bergen<\/em><\/a> compilation (its opener, Mind Control<\/em>, is included here in a live version as the closing track). Wrong Number<\/em><\/a> is their full-length debut album, born from the idea of \u200b\u200bplaying fast and noisy music you can dance to. They succeed with flying colors, like a souped-up version of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.<\/p>\n

The nine original songs here tap into a warped world of misfired connections, unhinged desire, and the chaotic thrill of chasing someone who probably shouldn’t pick up the phone: “Well I dialed and you picked up \/\/ And that\u2019s where we\u2019re at now.” Across tales of head-losing infatuation, creepy cold calls, swaggering ego trips, and toxic power plays, the musicians lean into dark humor and groovy grit to expose obsession at its most unromantic. And yet, it’s wild and delightfully off-kilter boogie & blues that will shake any venue.<\/p>\n