De La Cour Henric

De La Cour Henric: Mandrills 2013 [CD]

En av Sveriges största indieikoner igenom tiderna går solo. I 18 år har Henric de la Cour tillsammans med Henrik Berggren i Broder Daniel räknats som en av de starkaste personligheterna inom svensk indie dock så har alltid Henric haft en betydligt mörkare aura runt sig. Soundet är mer elektroniskt än Yvonne och Strip Music men lika mörkt och pampigt.<br/>Albumet är fullsmockat av pumpande electrobeats, storslagna refränger och vampyrromantik.

Henric de la Cour is the closest thing to a Swedish phenomenon within the darkwave/ electrogoth-scene that you can come by. With acts such as Yvonne and Strip Music he has for over 20 years now been at the centre of the scene in Sweden. One thing that people do not know about him is that during all these years Henric has held a very dark secret, that he suffers from cystic fibrosis. A disease that almost always leads to an early death. Documentary filmmaker Jacob Frösen followed Henric for almost four years and documented how life with the disease affects Henric and to have death as your close friend all the time. The film called "Henric de la Cour" recieved fantastic reviews and broiadcasted on both Swedish and Norwegian national televison several times. <br/><br/>In the end of the documentary something happens, somthing that turns Henric's life upside down. The specific for of cystic fibrosis that Henric has can all of a sudden be halted and life gets new meaning. Nothing will evere be the same. Gimme daggers is Henric de la Cour's most personal album. Where eternal darkness is suddenly shattered. A sort of farewell to the world that has been painted in darkness and death. Gimme daggers is Henric's most complete work up-tp-date as a solo artist. And in a way look towards a future that was non-existent before.