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KORA WINTER – Welk (E.P. + Sticker)

Review

KORA WINTER

Welk (E.P. + Sticker)

Genre
CD
Label
RDS / Rough Trade / LC 18485
Datum
07.08.2017
Autor
Karsten Conform
6 /10
Two years ago, I celebrated the debut E.P. "Blüht" by KORA WINTER and rated it - Excellent. The only two minor points deducted (so it received 9 out of 10 points) were for the missing lyrics, which would have been crucial due to the (in my opinion) too quiet vocals, especially with this Post-Hardcore sound.

So the former is present on the second E.P. of the 5 Berliners "Welk" now, but the latter, in my opinion, is again a bit too quiet. I, as an old man, just need the vocals a bit louder ;-)
Musically, KORA WINTER's first song "Bluten" starts just like their debut work ended with "Ende aller Wege" (aside from the outro), with a heavy, hard sound storm. However, from the middle of the song, that is from the 3 ½ minute mark, a saxophone solo mixes into the song. This solo part just does not fit in at all. This experiment went south with warm-flexible and penetrating-nasal sounds :-(
"Stiche" stabs again into the heart and makes my pulse race for 5 ½ minutes! Awesome! Without a doubt, a hit!!!
But then comes the pain-lyric poem "∞" (Once upon a time there was a fisherman), which I can’t relate to at all. Is this poem meant to fill the E.P.??? It has absolutely nothing to do with hardcore and is completely out of place.
It’s good that the fourth and unfortunately also the last song "Narben" goes forward again, but it cannot disguise that "Welk" ultimately has only half as many songs and playing time as KORA WINTER's brilliant debut work "Blüht".

And so the balance unfortunately turns out to be quite sober: 2 ¾ songs are grandiose + ¼ well, the attempt failed + 1 song häää ??? => No, that just doesn't work....
Jeff 15.09.2017

Ganz ehrlich, wenn du Post Hardcore von der Stange willst hör dir die 0815 Bands an. Ich persönlich mag die Experimente, vorallem mit dem gelungenen Saxophon Solo, welches einfach eine tolle Atmosphäre und einen Kontrast schafft.<br />Super EP, macht Lust auf mehr!

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