Miike Snow
Miike Snow

Downtown Records
out May 12th

[67]
[Rating Scale]

[rating:67/100]
I swear, I thought it was a typo.

Luis asked me, “Have you ever heard for Miike Snow?” I honestly answered, “No”, but told him that I am always down for new music and after hearing a clip of their stuff, I had to agree and say that I could write an honest review of their self titled album, which debuted on May 12th of this year.

Inner monologue ensued. “Miike Snow? Two I’s? Luis was on his iPhone so maybe he hit 2 i’s by accident?” As I tried to figure it out, I visited the Miike Snow myspace page to find out that he indeed had not made a mistake. Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson, and Pontus Winnberg make up this ecletic band from Sweden (which explains the ice block on their well-designed album cover), which was named after the controversial movie director and producer Takashi Miike from Japan. This guy made his mark for making extremely bloody, sex-filled anime-type movies.

So yeah, as I was about to hit ‘play’, I must admit I was a little bit scared. Was I going to hear a Nine inch nails type rock? Was it going to be Sin City like electro-hard, drum and bass? Honesty? I had no idea what to expect and intrigued, I threw on my headphones, turned up the volume, and let it fly. Continue reading →