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  Back in Judy's Shack by Back in Judy's Shack


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Artist: Back in Judy's Shack
Title: Back in Judy's Shack
Catalogue Number: Series Two Records
Review Format: CD
Release Year: 2008



Series Two Records make a habit of releasing music by bands that most of us have never heard of. Back in Judy's Shack, for example, turned out to be a duo from Sweden and this is the American release of their only mini album.

The first couple of tracks settle into a gentle, hypnotic rhythm that sort of lulls you into a false sense of security. Nice enough but the music doesn't really grab you. Then they step up their game as "Breath" takes us on a journey off into ambient land mixing samples in with jazzy, breathy vocals. "The Puff, the Drag, the Whiff" features the line "…this is my last cigarette, I promise you"  and at least allows to convince ourselves that Johan Cederberg and Josefine Jinder might just have some unhealthy habits. "Silence" takes us back into ambient perfection like a gentle version of the Cocteau Twins. Positively commercial is "The Forest", a song that adds delicate vocals to the simplest of rhythms.

These seven short songs take up little of your time and drift away like the clouds but they left behind a positive impression.

Available from Series Two Records.


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Review Date: December 12 2008