IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

New Didium album gets title, release date

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:58:14 -0800

Danish pop act Didium and The Black Bonnie Picture report that their new Paul Schroeder-produced (Stone Roses, Talk Talk) album "A valley" is confirmed for release on May 1 via Schroeder's own label Sureleaf. In the meantime, the band has a new 4-song EP called "Bonnie wants you out!" that you can preview in-full over at Soundvenue: http://soundvenue.com/artist/didiumtheblackbonniepicture

Didium and The Black Bonnie Picture to work with Paul Schroeder

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:33:02 -0700

Danish act Didium and The Black Bonnie Picture report that they have secured the services of famed producer/engineer Paul Schroeder (The Verve, Stone Roses, Talk Talk etc.) to work on their next album. He will produce six tracks and will also mix the whole lot.

MP3: Didium and the Black Bonnie Picture - You wanna stay

Thu, 28 May 2009 16:18:33 -0700

Didium and The Black Bonnie Picture fare reasonably well as far as listenable alt-rock goes, but I can only get about halfway through their album "Whimsical beauty" before mind-numbing ennui sets in. No amount of sweetly layered female vocals, strings nor saxophone is going to change that. It's not that they're devoid of charm either, they've got a cute retro look and have apparently pleased enough people in high places to secure substantial financial backing and international distribution outside Denmark, but I remain unmoved. Listen to the superfluous scream at the start of their latest single "You wanna stay" -- are you excited? Do you feel the, uh, electricity? Forced enthusiasm is the worst and these guys have it in spades. Listen as Didium bites the I's and Un's just before the 2-minute mark; is that really necessary? Please, just give it a rest. You're a nice guy and you can't escape it. No doubt there's plenty of people out there who will think this is just edgy enough thankyouverymuch, but I am not one of those.