The Migrant is the pseudonym of Denmark songwriter Bjarke Bendtsen and a group of musicians from Copenhagen. This is the band's third full length album, after 2011's ‘Amerika’ and 2013's ‘Beads’.
‘Flood’ was recorded live in a Danish summer cottage and the assembled musicians appear to be flirting with the idea of going for a stripped-back, unplugged sound without going the whole hog.
The guitar solos have a hazy, lazy psychedelic feel but they drift more towards soft pop than hard rock.
Bendtsen assumes a disconsolate air in the manner of Thom Yorke yet remains a relatively anonymous voice more akin to Travis than Radiohead. As a consequence each of the ten tracks blur into one another with nothing to make then distinctive.
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Though perfectly pleasant as background noise it is so unobtrusive that even after four listens none of the tracks stand out or stick in the mind.
The Migrant's website
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