Kuko De Kobra
A Girl and Her Giraffe

Danish band Kuko De Kobra is back with a new album, one that looks at a girl and her giraffe something we can see on the cover art – both the girl and the giraffe can be seen there on the cover. Otherwise I don’t think there is really that much to say; the debut album was produced by a certain well-known producer named Jacob Hansen, something that seems important for the label to mention even though he does not produce this new album. Pop and rock are two words they use to describe and some other stuff but as usual there is little of consequence in the press sheet, just the regular sales pitches how they want music that is straight to the point and how a Kuko De Kobra concert aims to be an unforgettable experience. But how about it, is it an album that is as good as its excellent title?

Musically it is nowhere near as original as the title, it is classic rock drawing inspiration from the grunge genre with touches of modern pop music. Clean and very polished production with a decent variation and a singer that is good but can probably be compared to just about any other singer out there as he is not particularly original but quite good. The music goes calm and ballady at times and energetic and catchy at other times, relatively varied album with a 48 minute playing time. I think it is a well-made album but it lacks quite a bit in the originality department, and I really mean quite a bit.

It is a difficult album to review since it contains some stuff that is quite brilliant and some stuff that is completely indifferent and not particularly exciting. It is both great and not so great at the same time; many times the lack of originality is very disturbing. I think they have some grains of interesting stuff and a couple of songs are great but the album as a whole is quite uninteresting and leaves me feeling very indifferent. Not really the most exciting thing I have ever heard and unfortunately the title of the album is way better than the music on it.

There are two songs that really stand out to me, first off the second track that sticks the head in the oven which is a great energetic story that may not be original but it is very good. Secondly we have the best track on the album, which is called Be Leaf, and it is a track one can listen to over and over again. Sure neither of these tracks are any more original than the rest of the material on the album but they are really good songs nevertheless and that is more than you can say about the rest of the album. So in the end I can say that this is a pretty uninteresting album spiced up with a pair of really good songs.

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