SURGE
WRECKAGE
ALBUM MILLENNIUM, HOUSE OF KICKS/MNW RELEASE: MAY 29, 2000 REVIEW: MAY 24, 2000


Surge hails from the very outskirts of Triphopland. With groovy beats, a certain ambience and female vocals "Wreckage" is, simply, a brilliant album. Songs like the title track and "Falling Moment" emanate energy and perhaps a bit aggression, while for instance "Cold Air" and "Smokey Sunday" is more laid back with a sly undertone. On the album's last three songs pure beauty is allowed to prevail and it's also here the more ambient parts are to be found.
The sound is somehow very British, in a positive meaning, and at "Wreckage"s best moments it gives me the feeling of being back home on my old street in an English coastal town again.

SUSSI PETTERSSON