Animal Alpha – You Pay for the Whole Seat, but You’ll Only Need the

Release date: 25-01-2008; Label: Racing Junior
By: Sabine van Gameren

  In the start of 2006 I was at a Dutch festival where I at randomly picked a
  name from the program which I wanted to see. It was Animal Alpha from Norway
  and when I saw them I was highly impressed by their show. I immediately bought
  the debut album “Pheromones”, which was released in 2005. Animal Alpha
  have been touring a lot since that day and they played big festivals like Wacken,
  Pukkelpop, Rock am Ring, Hulsfred and many more.
  Last year it was all quite calm around Animal Alpha, but finally they released
  a new album called: “You Pay for the Whole Seat, but You’ll Only Need the
  Edge”.

  Musically, Animal Alpha makes punk, with metal influences. What most stands
  out is the extraordinary voice of their female singer Agnete. In this new release
  they created perfection on their sound, compared to their debut album. The album
  is complete. Great rhythms and fantastic vocals which made me shiver. Though,
  this album was not love at first sight. The first time I listened to the album,
  I tried to find a song which stands out, a personal favourite which I would
  love to see as a single release. I could not find it and it bothered me. I have
  been thinking why I could not find one or two favourites and I could not put
  it away from me. The album did not get out of my head and I could not stop thinking
  of it. I realised that all I could do is listening to the album some more and
  I came to the conclusion: They are all potential singles. Top quality from Animal
  Alpha!

  An interesting detail about this album which I have to share with you is that
  the band is inspired by Radioheads “pay what you want”. They made
  their own version of it though. You can pay whatever you want for the album,
  but you have to do it to the band in person.
  I won’t make any suggestions on it, but I can say the music is worth to
  be paid!

Links:

Animal Alpha MySpace