The new album featuring Norwegian space-funk producer Lindstrom , Real Life Is No Cool by Lindstrom & Christabelle, transforms a typical suburban living room into a Norwegian discotheque.
Unlike his well-regarded 2008 endeavor, Where You Go I Go Too — which consisted of three tracks, the longest 28 minutes, the shortest 10 — Lindstrom has considerably shortened his song-length, though hardcore super fans yearning for those dynamic excursions can pick up an alternate three-disc version of the CD with additional material, like a 40-minute rendition of the Christmas classic, “The Little Drummer Boy.”
With its purposeful slip of syntax, Real Life Is No Cool almost sounds like something muttered in a mysterious Bavarian accent by a Eurotrash breakfaster before he or she bites into a croissant.
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2010.
