Perfect Past Tense

Editorial Reviews
Cahttanooga Free Press
Every single song is bordering on brilliance... one of the best records of it's kind that I have ever heard.

Heckler Magazine
Raw emotion, gorgeously constructed songs and guitars strummed to the beat of a broken heart.

Album Description
Earwig's new album, Perfect Past Tense, is like a breath of fresh air in a stale indie-rock world. On their latest indie release, Earwig combines the melodic sounds of bands like Radiohead, Elliot Smith and the Foo Fighters with heart-on-yr-sleeve lyrics and dramatic guitar riffs to forge a sound that is theirs alone. The top notch songwriting only helps to make this a disc that will have you leaping out of your chair in spontaneous fits of air guitar strumming. Earwig works the space between studied lo-fi ineptitude and infectious pop hookery and cuts to the heart of what makes us like to listen.

Perfect Past Tense

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Past Perfect Future Tense
Magne F
Manufacturer: Private & Confidential Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ACZUFI
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

Obsolete
All the Time
Past Perfect Future Tense
No One Gets Me But U
Kryptonite
Nothing Here to Hold You
Friend Like Me
Little Angels
2cU Shine
You Don't Have to Change
Envelop Me
Never Sweeter

Album Description

Magne Furuholmen, a.k.a. Magne F, is well known for being the songwriter of the famous band A-Ha, within he was the author of international hits such as ''Take On Me'' and sold more than 32 million albums through the world. As thrilling as amazing, this last album ''Past Perfect Future Tense'', including 12 melodic and bewitching jewels, is one of his mostbeautiful creation.Surrounded with well known artists such as Andy Dunlop (Travis guitarist), Guy Berrymen(Coldplay bassist), Will Champion (Coldplay drummer) or even Ed Harcourt, Magne F comes to light with his real identity, touching and sincere, giving to this album a rare and poignant unity. Diablo. 2005.

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Worth a second listen
There's a reason why Magne is not the lead signer of A-ha

Past Perfect Future Tense
Magne F
Manufacturer: Diablo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007MYKK2
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Obsolete
All the Time
Past Perfect Future Tense
No One Gets Me But U
Kryptonite
Nothing Here to Hold You
Friend Like Me
Little Angels
2cU Shine
You Don't Have to Change
Envelop Me
Never Sweeter

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

Worth a second listen.......2005-09-23

Like the other reviewer, the first time I listened to this album I was distracted by Magne's voice. As a die-hard a-ha fan (that's why I bought this in the first place) I obviously appreciate pretty vocals and this album hasn't got them. What I appreciate even more, however, are well written lyrics that combine both meaning and a clever use of language (think literature like Nabokov). That's what I think this album is all about. You could read it like a book or poem. To be honest, a glossier sound would distract you from the content. This has become one of my favorite albums of the year (along with Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose).

There's a reason why Magne is not the lead signer of A-ha.......2005-06-07

Interestingly, if you listen to Morten Harket's 95 English solo album, the albums by Paul Waaktaar's band Savoy, and this one you'll notice that each member of A-ha opted for a more stripped down sound in their work outside of the group.

The song writing on Magne Furuholmen's debut is fairly good. It features mostly acoustic guitar and piano, played by himself. The album has a very simple and intimate feel. There are two bright spots, the single 'Kryptonite' and '2CU Shine'.

The major downside that tarnishes the album and makes it very difficult to listen to is the fact that Magne also does all the vocals. He somewhat sounds like the guy from Radiohead, but not quite as solid. There's a good reason why Magne doesn't do vocals for A-ha. He's not half the singer that Waaktaar is, who in turn is not quite as good as Harket.

I imported this CD from the UK only because I was already getting something else from there (Wetton-Downes Icon - a very good CD) so I thought it was worth getting 2 CDs since the shipping wouldn't cost much extra.

However, after a few listens I've made up my mind to send it back. My advice, get the Savoy albums (if you can find them, I only have the first 3 which I got in Japan) and/or Harket's 'Wild Seed' and skip this one.