The quartet Marrakech, hailing from Umeå, have taken their band name from a song by Crosby, Stills & Nash, “Marrakech Express”. And even if CSN is not exactly what comes to my mind, when I listen to Marrakech’s first single, I land somewhere in that era. What I hear is psyckadelic rock and blues rock, flavoured with the fact that they sing in Swedish. In the song “Mitt Liv” (“My Life”) I’m reminded at first of Cream but soon I feel quite a few Led Zeppelin vibes. That feeling remains to some extent when I listen to the second song “Robert Johnsson”, but overall I feel more influence from Black Sabbath than from anything else. Listen for yourself here below.

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