Niki & The Dove are a musical project from Sweden fronted by lead vocalist Malin Dahlstrom, Most recently seen on the NME Radar Tour. After being tipped in Scandinavians new sounds EP in 2010 the 3 piece jumped the water to break further. Most recent release ‘The Drummer EP’ was strongly pushed on the NME tour and boasts a late 2000’s electro sound which would cross Passion Pit with Little Boots. Other contrasts include tip of being a veiled La Roux.
The EP starts with intro ’Sundog’ quickly and strongly with title track ‘The Drummer’ it’s fresh and new to the current electro scene though some could concede that there is too much going on, drowning vocals and scattering music to intensely. ‘Last Night’ slows the tempo into a mid album Empire Of The Sun type coma, Dahlstroms vocal are distinctive, endearing, easy on the ear and complimentary to compositions.
‘Mother Protect’ strips everything back to electro basics until a very abrupt vocal onslaught continuing until the end. Short track ‘The Breath Of The World’ is an intermitted deluge of what sounds like Nintendo and Sega sound bites played through a very driven bass. ‘Manon’ is reminiscent of a Kate Bush vocal with foreign twang though once again the track lets itself down by including too much. Final track ‘The Birth Of The Sun’ eases us out of ‘The Drummer EP’ gently with euro synth.
It’s clear ‘The Drummer EP’ wasn’t set to break moulds in the UK but to imbed the name and sound into the mind, single ‘The Drummer’ is available to buy online. It is probably one of the best tracks of 2011 for myself and many are waiting for an endless amount of remixes. The future is bright for the Swedish 3 piece, a support slot for a major band and a headline tour in 2012 will settle them well into the current scene.
The Drummer by Niki & The Dove
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