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MT. SIMS: Happily ever after... again

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Artist: MT. SIMS
Title: Happily ever after... again
Format: CD
Label: Punch Records (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Mount Sims isn't a newcomer even if under the moniker Mt. Sims he previously recorded only one album for Hungry Eye. In 2002 he released his first album "Ultra sex" on the famous label Gigolo Records and devastated the dance floors with the instant electroclash hit "Hate fuck". Three years after, he came back on Gigolo with his second and last album under his own name. On "Wild light" we have the first signs of the sound changing: on "No yellow lines" we already had bass guitar (with tons of effects) and melodic lines that can recall the tracks that he released on "Happily ever after" in 2008. Mt.Sims is now a band where Mount/Matthew sings and plays with André Lang and Randy Twigg, the sound has changed to pure electronic distorted pop into an hybrid where you can hear echoes of garage punk, electro, post punk ("Fall back" sounds like an outtake from the first Christian Death album) and much more. Guitar, drums (sometimes drum machines) and bass guitar are used to create dark pop tunes where melodies stick into your head. The Knife wanted him to collaborate with them (and with Planning To Rock) for a special album titled "Tomorrow, In A Year" and this isn't a casualty. Mount Sims at first wanted to do a simple European version of the album but Tairy at Punch Records, always willing to keep his releases appetible, succeeded into convincing him to keep only three tracks from the album and one from the MLP released just before that. Mt. Sims prepared new tunes and thanks to Tairy we have HAPPILY EVER AFTER... AGAIN packed with songs that, like the old ones, mix electro (like the dark melancholic "The shattering of crystal" or the bouncing dancey "Candy coated") and post punk creating an explosive mixture. Editors or Knife became famous because of their sound but people should be aware also of Mt. Sims... they deserve it!

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