ATANOR surprisingly exhibit the finesse and elan of veterans on Atanor

The band’s sound represented a return to the unrealized past of its members: direct

north towards the border

Their melody-driven post-rock music featuring violin and lots of different rare instruments has taken them across the Old World with live shows from Paris to Shanghai

Popp injects a newfound playfulness into his complex loop architectures

THE WAR GOES ON - s/t CD French ATANOR surprisingly exhibit the finesseDebut album from this new Danish band that features former members of No Hope for the Kids and Hjerte Stop. If you were a big NHFTK fan (and who wasn't in like 2004?) you'll immediately recognize the distinctive vocals, but The War Goes On is a little different. While the dark melodies and catchy vocals are very much intact from NHFTK, the music is generally faster and more straightforwardly punk a la Hjerte Stop maybe I'm just listening for it