Flunk - This Is What You Get

Flunk consists of Anja Øyen Vister on vocals, Jo Bakke on gitar, and Ulf Nygaard on electronics. They have many fanbases around the world, not least among film- and TV-producers in the US. (The O.C., C.S.I., The L Word, amongst others)

The first two albums have sold over 10,000 copies each in the US, and Flunk is one of the Norwegian bands with most contributions on compilations around the world. Their debut single and their cover of New Order's 80s classic Blue Monday coined the term "folktronica".

This Is What You Get is their fourth regular album (in addition to two remix-albums, and one combined mini-/remix-album). Where For Sleepyheads Only from 2002 was influenced by (post) trip-hop beats, and Morning Star from 2004 was more of a pure pop album with folk and country elements, This Is What You Get is a natural evolution from their last album Personal Stereo (2007), with a darker and more experimental feel, with the electronic elements more present in the sound.

This time with a distinct inspiration from the backstreets of London, with dubstep-elements (Stain, Shoreline, and partly in Dying To See You), and house-elements (Common Sense), but also a small dose of rock (Ride). The pop elements are still there, for example in Cigarette Burns,Common Sense and Down. Flunk have the habit of including a cover track on each album, this time the Radiohead-classic Karma Police gets the Flunk treatement, with rough, edgy syncopated rhythms and Anja's lovely vocals.

Tracklisting
01 Dying To See You
02 Common Sense
03 Cigarette Burns
04 Ride
05 Love Hearts
06 Speedskating
07 Stain
08 Cardboard Rebel
09 Shoreline
10 Down
11 Karma Police