Leave behind

What do you expect as a fan of Casper hinterland? XoXo 2.0? Towards sun Revival? Who is approached with such expectations for this album is sure to be a bit disappointed. Because Caspers third album makes no effort to sound like emphasizes the successful predecessor. Sure, a new edition of XoXo would have been easy, would not offend and sell well. But it does not fit so to Casper to the expectations of the masses of (new) fans to subdue and strictly to be guided by what he has done this before. Instead, he prefers to throw everything at once and start again. Related issues such as on XoXo, but musically somehow different.
The opener in ash rain sets, 2 minutes Intro somewhere between Arcade Fire and Get Well Soon in front and takes along with the title track, the love-hate relationship to the hinterland, in which Benjamin Griffey grew up. The fantastic 20sqm and Lux ​​Lisbon outlines and love its dark side to become tacky even begin without. Ariel processed the death of a loved one, as already Michael X to xoxo, but this time can stand an optimism that the previous record was completely foreign to most. A hymn to the here and now as Pretty okay for example, would never have found on XoXo place, but acts on the hinterland as the only logical consequence of recent years. Likewise Jambalaya stands out, bristling with confidence, plays ironically with Caspers Image and shows that it just does not always have to be profound songs. The XoXo is not the measure of all things. The Casper does not care much about people who say it would have been better when he was still unknown to or record reviews tear the hinterland, because it is not just XoXo.
Hinterland has become great because it processes new influences. In many places the Get Well Soon production sounds through, times Arcade Fire (in the ash fall) times Vampire Weekend (Ganz Schön Okay) times The Shins (... after the demo went downhill), and because Casper is proud of such references and is not afraid to miss his album a strong touch Indie Pop. Or across the plate Turbostaat, Tomte, Wir Sind Helden, Oasis and not least himself remains particularly so as to hang zitieren.Hinterland because no song sounds like the other. That is often closer to the indie mainstream than in Rap bothers only people who want to disturb that. And want to have warmed up the previous again before fans you have to anyway justify.