Sandra de Haan
The Magnetic North – Prospect of Skelmersdale
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(Full Time Hobby – De Konkurrent)
The Magnetic North is de Londense gelegenheidsband van Erland Cooper, Simon Tong (van The Verve en Blur) en zangeres/ componiste Hannah Peel. Prospect of Skelmersdale is hun tweede plaat, dus kun je het eigenlijk geen gelegenheidsband meer noemen. Ze maken orkestrale pop met samenzang, strijkers, drums, bas, fluiten en piano. Hun eerste plaat was een ode aan de Orkney eilanden, omdat Cooper daar vandaan komt. Deze plaat vertelt het verhaal van een andere plek die tot de verbeelding spreekt: het stadje Skelmersdale in West Lancashire. Het werd in 1961 als nieuwe stad opgezet. In de jaren 80 werd het stadje de officiële hoofdstad van de Transcendente Mediatatie beweging omdat het zo handig in het midden van Engeland lag. Het stadje trok allerlei mensen aan die niet alleen op zoek waren naar een vreedzaam leven, maar ook de ambitie hadden om die vrede over de wijde omtrek te verspreiden. Al na twintig jaar raakte het stadje al in verval.

De liedjes zijn geïnspireerd op de levens van deze idealistische mensen. De zacht gezongen teksten met flink wat galm zijn wel wat lastig te volgen, maar ook als je daar het meeste van mist valt er veel te genieten. Peel’s arrangementen zijn erg sfeervol, al is de zang wat aan de zoete kant. Passages met veel instrumenten worden met subtielere open stukken afgewisseld. Al is het geheel wel een beetje eenvormig, is er valt weinig aan te merken op deze muzikale documentaire. Af en toe komen er geluidsopnamen langs; gedocumenteerde herinneringen van ex-inwoners en nieuwsberichten waarin men de ‘new town’ aanprijst. Fans van bands als Belle & Sebastian en Bon Iver zouden hem zeker even moeten proberen. Beluister Signs in de Soundcloud. De plaat komt 18 maart uit.

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