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NIOWT: Loverboy An outstanding record! Niowt are from Slovenia, Loverboy is their second album, they’re unanimously praised at home and abroad. Their music could definitely be defined as »dark«, but their approach to it is truly unique and innovative, introducing a new musical field that could probably be best described by term »alternative dark«. Singer Mojca Krevel sings with incredible fervour and ire, the potency of her interpretative power is temperamental to the core and simply without comparison. Her vocals are accompanied by a line-up of musicians devoted to harmony and boldness. The result: a series of outstanding songs â“ all of them potential hits, all of them radio-friendly, yet never vulgar or shamelessly commercial. Believe me, if Garbage were able to put together something like »Wish«, they’d be having a world-wide hit! An incredibly beautiful song with a perfect structure. Same goes for the title-song »Loverboy« (also the remix version), »Run«, »Whitetide«, »Walls II«, »Nothing« … Somewhat atypical is the short piece »Hold«, a techno-punk fastforwarded going nuts, and »Woman«, an ambiental lament, in which Mojca Krevel exhibits her capacities of a dark chanteuse, supported by a shady keyboard background. Producer Peter Penko (Coptic Rain, April Nine), who also produced their first album, avoided the archetypal producers’ need to control and limit the artists they work with, and allowed space for inspiration. After the Laibach forefathers, another pearl from tiny Slovenia!”