The Sound Inside
Listening to: Duet - Sounds Co-op
The first album by Sounds Co-op, Roofers, is one of my definitive NZ music albums
of all time. Listening to that album made me realise how great NZ music had become.
That was many years ago… Finally, Breaks Co-op have released their second disc.
It was worth the wait. It is called The
Sound Inside.
Where Roofers was a breaks album The Sound Inside is something else altogether. Firstly
it kinda takes your breath away… It has this soulfulness and serenity that reminds
you of Piha or 90 Mile beach… all the typical New Zealand cliches can be applied
to the music on the disc… but you don’t feel bad doing that, it feels a little like
homage. The album is a little lounge and a little blue. It will sit equally in London
vodka bar with fasionistas slowly nodding in unison as it would at a back yard
BBQ.
I remember when I listened to the Trinity Roots EP and feeling so glad to be a New
Zealander. I get the same sense of recognition listening to The Sound Inside.
My only gripe is that is album wasn’t released 3 months ago… it would’ve been the
perfect companion to a Macs Gold and a sunset. It really should’ve been my summer
album of 2005.
