Cinnamon

Reviews

Vertigo (CD) March
March Records reissue Cinnamon's 1999 release Vertigo, a sumptuous treat of guitar pop drenched in vibes and strings. The songs here have a near anthemic quality, but while many Swedish bands are leading the way in gentle acoustic indie pop at the moment, Cinnamon have opted for a more conventional college radio friendly sound. At times the songs lyrics seem a little uninspired, and even the album's sumptious high point "Did You Think I Would Ever Let You Go" consists of nothing more than a string of clichés. Nevertheless, such complaints seem churlish in the face of the Bertrand Burgalat production and Louis Phillipe string arrangements which help to lift the overall sound head and shoulders above other records of the alt-rock genre.