Author Archives: Pär Berglund
Shotgun Crackers is back with new music. They released their debut album in Spring and now they follow this with the three-track EP, “Lockdown PT. 1”. It seems like they’re planning a series of EP:s in the time to come, instead of heading directly for a new full length album.
You can listen to the EP on Spotify and on their Bandcamp page. And you can find them on Facebook. Here’s the first song “Sinister”:
The Volcano, hailing from Göteborg, has recently released their first self-titled EP. Three songs of somewhat different character, but it feels punk, live and like a real nice gust of fresh air. I imagine that it would be great to see this trio live, which is confirmed when I look at one of the live clips on their Facebook page.
You can listen to the EP on their Bandcamp page.
The Percivals , hailing from Göteborg, released a couple of weeks ago their second album “The Percivals”. I haven’t listened to them before, so I can’t compare with their first album. But here I find that they firmly takes us back to the sixties’ british rock scene when The Kinks and The Who was at their heights, and that they also make some escapades across the Atlantic and give hints of some inspiration from early country rock like in “Man With the View” here below.
They sort of squeeze out some of the best parts from this sound from the sixties’ and from the songwriting, with the right amount of dirt and with a singer that lets his voice crack at the right places. It’s a strong and even album which becomes almost liken an exposé over the time when the rock just started to divide in different genres.
You can enjoy the album on Spotify and you can find The Percivals on Facebook and on their site.
“Down Down Down” is the name of Gustav Nilsson’s first single from upcoming album “Makeup On Letdowns Off”, scheduled for release this month.
You can listen to and download this sixties’-vibing song here below. You can find Gustav Nilsson on his site and more songs are available on Soundcloud.
When the first song “Silhouettes” starts on the trio Desertsongs’ new album, I’m swept into a nice mellow ambience that smells of Autumn nights. This melancholy stays over the entire album, which also gives me the sensation that it’s part of a soundtrack to a classic movie drama. Some of this feeling comes from the storytelling in the songs and the singer Minna Bolin’s special tone and jazz feeling in her voice.
The combination of the electronica sound, with vibes from the eighties, the minimalistic arrangements and the melodies and the sometimes special harmonies, create a different atmosphere on this album, as it balances between retro-jazz-vibes and pop-electronica. A very pleasant music experience with a perfect ending in the soft “Red Coat”.
You can listen to the album on their Bandcamp page or on Spotify. You can also find the band on Desertsongs’ site.
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