Evig Pint

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Evig pint is Kaizers Orchestra's second studio album, released on February 3, 2003. Their sophomore effort was darker musically and thematically than what they had done before, in an attempt to dispel music critics' conception that they were a "party band"; notably, the oil barrels that served as the percussive backbone of their first album are scarcely heard. It did not receive the same universal as had their debut album, though most critics agreed they had avoided the dreaded "sophomore slump." It was more of an instant sales success than their debut album, debuting at #1 on the Norwegian album charts and retaining the spot for two subsequent week. After the release of their debut album Ompa til du dør in 2001, the first new song to be played live was "Die Polizei", which ironically did not make the cut to the album and remained a song played exclusively live for eight year. In February of 2002, the band performed "Salt & pepper" for the first time, a song which remained a mainstay on the band's setlists in 2002, and the first song on the set for the band's first concert outside of Norway, an instantly classic performance at Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Another song premiered during that year's festival season was "Di grind", then radically different from the now-familiar album cut. Other song titles mentioned during this period include "Brolins Box Arrangement" and "Tyster", but neither of these were ever performed or recorded. "Djevelens orkester" was performed for the first time in the fall of 2002. A slightly different version of "Salt & pepper" was played in early 2003, most notably at the band's concert performance at the Eurosonic Festival, a prestigious showcase for European music. Changes included the removal of certain percussive element, in particular an oil barrel break about halfway through the song; this has been universally regarded as a poor change, which the band eventually came to agree with. The recording sessions for what would become Evig pint (whose working title at this point was Krigen, Norwegian for "The War") are not as well documented as other, but what is known that due to many personal crises among the band members as well as financial problem, the sessions became a very trying time for the band, who have since cited this as a reason why they were never that satisfied with how the album turned out. During the recording of the vocals for the title track, group founder Janove Ottesen was emotionally distraught, discernible in his cathartic vocal performance. Additionally, they struggled with finishing a track written by Geir Zahl, "Naade"; eventually, a decision was made to just add horn sections to a demo recording of the song. "Di grind", rearranged with its now familiar lead piano, was released as a digital single on the band's website and received a modicum of radio airplay in late 2002. Upon release, Evig pint received positive reviews and good sale, a common point of praise from reviewers being the more mature and restrained sound. The acclaimed Evig pint tour started in March and ended in April, further increasing both record sales and popularity for the band. The album was later re-released in limited quantities bundled together with the Mann mot mann EP. A video for "Evig pint" was filmed in the Jæren area, near the hometown Ottesen and Zahl. The video won a Spellemannsprisen award for "Best Music Video" the next year. Years later, the video was voted the best Norwegian music video of all time by viewers of the Norwegian music video show Svisj. .

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