DORENA - post rock , indie , experimental from Sweden -
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DORENA IS A SWEDISH POST-ROCK BAND FORMED IN 2007 BY 5 GUYS SPREAD AROUND THE CITY OF GOTHENBURG. THE MEMBERS HAD PLAYED TOGETHER IN VARIOUS CONSTELLATIONS SINCE THEY WERE KIDS, PLAYING EVERYTHING FROM PUNKROCK TO SCREAMO.
BEFORE STARTING DORENA IN THE FALL OF 2007, THE LINE-UP CONSISTING OF KIM, ANDREAS, JONATAN, SAMUEL, AND A SINGER NAMED JOAKIM,... WERE PLAYING MUSIC MORE SIMILAR TO SCREAMO. STRUGGLING TO GET TOGETHER FOR REHEARSALS SINCE JOAKIM WAS LIVING FAR FROM THE OTHERS, HE LEFT THE BAND. HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY POST-ROCK, THE MEMBERS WERE EAGER TO TAKE A STEP INTO THE GENRE, AND LEAVE THE SCREAMO BEHIND. KIM QUIT PLAYING BASS, AND TOOK OVER THE GUITAR AND VOCALS INSTEAD. SIMON JOINED THE BAND AS THE NEW BASS-PLAYER, AND THE MUSIC STARTED COMING TO LIFE.
PEOPLE SAY:
"DORENA HAS PUT OUT A SMOOTH FLOWING ALBUM OF UNORTHODOX POST-ROCK STYLINGS THAT SUCCEED IN BREAKING THE MOLD THAT MANY OF THEIR PEERS SO TRUTHFULLY FOLLOW. THEIR SYNTHPOP AND INDIE ROCK INFLUENCES MESH WITH THEIR AMBIENT FOUNDATIONS TO CREATE A FORWARD-THINKING AND FASCINATING COLLECTION OF SONGS." - STEREOKILLER (5/5)
"DORENA WEAVE IN AND OUT OF SONGS WITH ELEGANT BEAUTY AND ATMOSPHERIC AND GRACEFUL DYNAMICS. WITH A GOOD MIX BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK TONES, THESE 8 TRACKS OFTEN SHOW THE BAND BUILDING THE SONGS UP TO ESCALATING HIGHS, UTILIZING POPPY KEYS AND MEMORABLE HOOKS ALONG THE WAY. THROWING IN SOME SURPRISES LIKE AN ACOUSTIC PORTION AND AT OTHER TIMES RELYING HEAVILY ON THE GUITARS AND EVEN SOME MOMENTS OF SINGING THAT WORKS SO WELL WITH THE SHIMMERING, SWIRLING MESS OF GORGEOUS TENSION YOU ALMOST WISH THIS USED VOCALS ON EACH TRACK. DEEP ELM SCORES ANOTHER WINNER HERE WITH THIS AMAZING DISPLAY OF SOARING, MAJESTIC, TEXTURED ANTHEMS, SONGS THAT INVOKE FEELINGS FROM ALL SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM AND WITH A BEAUTY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO RELY ON WORDPLAY TO SPEAK VOLUMES." - GO 211
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