Jeniferever - 'From Across The Sea' (Drowned in Sound) Released 13/02/06

Revisiting the unhurriedly paced realm of shoegazing at the precise moment most of the music world is on the lookout for more groups with a preference for regional accents and tales of pissed-up nightclub pugilism combined with a thorough grasp of the frenetic-twitchy end of the post-Strokes indie rock lexicon in the wake of Arctic Monkeys’ spectacular rise might not seem like the wisest of moves, but that’s what Sweden’s Jeniferever are up to on their debut UK single (7’’ and downloads only). But don’t let that or their ever-so-slightly pants name put you off, as the engines of ‘From Across The Sea’ are powered not only by a comprehensive knowledge of effects pedals but also the kind of a hypnotic, slow-evolving tune that works like a sirens call in pulling you under. The Uppsala four-piece also join their fellow Swedes Dungen in a campaign to revive workouts that stretch into unashamedly epic territory, an unfashionable stand displayed with defiance on the outstanding B-side ‘Closing In’ which sounds not unlike Slint or the more noodle-some bits of Gravenhurst’s fantastic Fires In Distant Buildings, only with the latter’s unsettling nocturnal moods replaced with the hues of a particularly pretty sunset. All told, hugely promising stuff.