CD Review – Casiokids (Norwegian Nintendo-pop)
Topp stemning pa lokal bar
Polyvinyl Records
Have you ever played Mega Man on the original Nintendo? If you have, this is the other soundtrack to that video game. Norway’s Casiokids have released one of the most fun albums of the year with their US debut that, when loosely translated, means “Great vibe at local bar.” That vibe is carried throughout this 16-track collection of tracks that last well over an hour and keep the party going the entire time. At times sounding like a poppier Thom Yorke (“Eraser”-era on “Verdens storste land (Captain Credible’s Orchestral Stab Mix)”) and other times sounding like the artists who brought you the background music for video games like “Street Fighter” and “Mega Man” (“Gomurmama”), Casiokids take electronica and make it accessible to the masses, while still keeping the die-hard clubbers flailing their glow-sticks. If you are even remotely into electro-pop, or music fit for the club, then Casiokids is your new favorite band. Even if you this isn’t your type of music, check it out. You might just change your mind.
