The fifth album from Oslo-based rockers Bravo Papa, Photographic Memoirs is a showcase in moody post-punk and rock, recalling acts like The Chameleons UK and Television. The album’s title track opens with a murky post-punk demeanor, as the lyrics beckon to “satisfy me.” The rousing retrospective lyrics — “your daddy had photographic memory, from when you were born,” — plays with an emotive pull amidst the moody, ’80s guitar tone nostalgia. The subsequent “Real Life” captures a sense of bedroom isolation, set against a subdued, ghostly guitar line that breaks into a twangy seduction as the three-minute turn approaches. These … Continue reading Bravo Papa – ‘Photographic Memoirs’