Ole Paus has made his mark as a lyricist for over 40 years, and has long since been canonized. On his latest release, So close, so close, he again awakens thoughts with his razor-sharp slant, but here there are no pale copies of previous achievements. With a rusty and tactile voice that oozes a lifetime of wake-up calls […]
/ 01/11/2021 / codexOle Paus has made his mark as a lyricist for over 40 years, and has long since been canonized. On his latest release, So close, so close, he again awakens thoughts with his razor-sharp slant, but here there are no pale copies of previous achievements. With a rusty and tactile voice that oozes a lifetime of wakeful nights, he performs his song lyrics with great weight. The lyrics are often simple, but telling: "Klaus and his life drift along the street. Klaus knows that he is at home here. And everything Klaus cares about in this world is close, close, so close. Everything is here." The music, with its elements of folk and prog rock, is produced, performed and co-composed by the members of the band Motorpsycho. It functions excellently as a messenger of Paus' poetic claw. He offers generational considerations, flashbacks, painful images and a fresh perspective on both the time we came from, the time we live in, and everyday life itself. Paus can be relentlessly disillusioning, but also sorrowfully reconciling, on topics such as the past, love and politics. The lyrics enrich not only the music, but also the listener's perspective.
