Much preferred Blankenberge. Both Russian bands attempt to release the recovered memory of former melancholy. But the Berge sound like adults extending and refining their wistful experience until, climactically, it breaks into a rush of joy. The Nurns seem youngsters toying w/ Joy Division's sound architecture w/o the emotional depth or musical experience to fully inhabit its existentially sorrowful space. Shoegaze trumps New Wave, at least in my match up.
I like these tracks, and this is not really my normal oeuvre.
Much preferred Blankenberge. Both Russian bands attempt to release the recovered memory of former melancholy. But the Berge sound like adults extending and refining their wistful experience until, climactically, it breaks into a rush of joy. The Nurns seem youngsters toying w/ Joy Division's sound architecture w/o the emotional depth or musical experience to fully inhabit its existentially sorrowful space. Shoegaze trumps New Wave, at least in my match up.