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01. BOY OMEGA - Marching Ants
02. BOY OMEGA - Giving Up the Ghost
03. BOY OMEGA - Closure
04. BOY OMEGA - Halos
05. BOY OMEGA - Our Treasure
06. BOY OMEGA - Trigger
07. BOY OMEGA - Stilts
08. BOY OMEGA - Cannonballs
09. BOY OMEGA - New Year's
10. BOY OMEGA - Once
ARTIST
TITLE
Night Vision
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
TR 239CD TR 239CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/25/2012

Boy Omega's unique brand of pop is at once fragile, vibrant and wholehearted, and has drawn comparison to the likes of Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse, The Cure, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes. Since he began writing songs under the Boy Omega moniker in 2003, Martin Henrik Hasselgren has put out an impressive, rich body of work, including five full-length albums, two compilations, four EPs, and numerous singles. Night Vision is Boy Omega's sixth album. It's the first time in his career that he's recorded in a professional recording studio. The album was recorded and mixed by wunderkind Olis Eriksson at Studio Kepner Treg in Göteborg. It was mastered by Carl Saff (Unsane, Julian Lynch, Guided By Voices) in Chicago, IL. Night Vision shows a somewhat heavier side of Boy Omega's sound. There's a softer side to the album as well, but this time around, the acoustic guitars were replaced by big, effect-laden electric guitars. The strings and horns had to stand back for an array of synthesizers, mellotrons and string machines. The electronic beats are now real live drums, played by drummer extraordinaire Andreas Lassus. The vocals sound more mature and powerful, as if Martin has now truly found his own voice. At times, it sounds almost like The Flaming Lips having a late-night party with Radiohead and The Cocteau Twins. It's an album that deserves to be heard and reheard over and over again to grasp all of the music's true colors.