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Nevrosa: Lost

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Artist: Nevrosa (@)
Title: Lost
Format: Download Only (MP3 + Lossless)
Label: self-released
Rated: * * * * *

Nevrosa is a 2 person synthpop/postpunk band from Karlstadt, Sweden consisting of Patrik Axelsson - vocals and synths, and Emma Friman Browne - synths. Also, on this recording, Anton "Arne" Olsson played bass synth on two tracks. Apparently Nevrosa (not to be confused with Brazilian all-female thrash metal band Nervosa) has been around since 2005 in one form or another, but you'd never know that from this three-song EP. This has all the hallmarks of a "first time out" recording. The recording quality is kind of shaky, the drums (drum machine I believe) and bass are way too loud in the mix, and synths and vocals are getting lost in the sauce. Maybe that's why they titled the first track "Lost," but it's not a bad song in and of itself. Patrik's vocals are good in their Scandinavian synthpop style - melodic and melancholic, although not what I'd call strong. The music is minimal synth and coldwave. The title track is the strongest one on this EP, and the other two - "I hate you, don't leave me" and "Worthless" don't offer enough diversity from the first one to sound much more than a continuation of the first track. For a project that's been around since 2005, I would have expected much more progress than it seems Nevrosa has made. A couple other things have clued me in to what seems like an amateur project - a handwritten note accompanying the CD (claimed they ran out of flyers) and no website/email contact info on the CD slipcase. Now I appreciate the personal touch of a handwritten note (yes, I do occasionally get them, usually with other promo material included) but handwriting important info such as your email address could lead to possible misinterpretation. As far as the CD I received goes, I have no idea whether its for sale or not, or they just pressed some promo copies. (The tracks are on the band's Bandcamp website, otherwise there would be no review.) So over all I would advise this band that if they wish to continue and get noticed, they need to up their recording/production quality, write songs with more memorable hooks and work on diversity in material.

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