A Camp

This is a very mixed record with some very interesting songs but others that probably should have been kept back for their other bands, or friends they don't like. You also have the feeling the band aren’t taking all of this too seriously.

Take The Crowning. From its ominous Pink Floyd, Division Bell piano intro, it picks up all the instruments left lying around in the studio and morphs into a tune that, while over the top, could conceivably be used by some of the clodhoppers on Strictly Come Dancing.

Golden Teeth and Silver Medals is a duet with Nicolai Dunger that sounds as if they are taking the piss out of the various Kristofferson/Iglesias/Parton combinations.

It has a more serious side: Chinatown. The alluring guitar riff is reminiscent of Steve Howe, and is the backbone of a song that is really quite downbeat.

The problem is that is that apart from the aforementioned, the songs do tend to run into another, and they can lack identity. The album does have a soundtrack feel about it, with it’s lush instrumental passages. That’s no great insight on my part as Nina Persson’s husband; Nathan Larson is a soundtrack composer and is involved in the project.

This does have more of a project than true band feel to it. As such, like the A Camp collaborators, I’d treat Colonia as a filler and a curiosity.