Automobilist is a new pleasant band acquaintance for me. So far, they’ve released an EP with four songs, “The Collapse”, which shows their garage-sounding rock, somewhat odd and different, with surprising twists and turns in the songs, but still with simple, efficient rock-punkish choruses. The early Talking Heads comes to my mind, also because of the singer’s sometimes talk-singing style, which feels rather close to David Byrne’s.

Automobilist on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud – on Bandcamp

I will stay in Malmö with today’s second post. It’s the band Bruce, who recently released their debut ep “Folk kämpar” (“People struggle”), an album which is recorded live from what I understand, and which tastes warm garage rock and punk shot straight from the heart. They say themselves that they’ve been inspired by BRMC, Captain Beefheart and Pascal and also by artists like Tom Waits and Bryan Ferry.

Bruce’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Tommy & Gun

Last Autumn I wrote about Coyote Deathbed, a somewhat mysterious band. I do know, though, that Måns Rohde Wittsell is involved in the band. Måns normally is the singer and guitar player in the band Wittsell 3, a trio which was formed in 2010, and that recently released their debut EP, “Using Palettes”.

It feels like a mix of older and newer influences, of classic blues and blues rock mixed with garage rock and a dose of grunge. Besides drums and bass guitar they are armed with a distorted 12-string guitar and  wah-wah pedal, and manage to create a special sound and a cool jam-vibe in the songs.

Wittsell 3 on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Using Palettes

The trio Carousel says that they are inspired by the sixties and bands like The Jam. And I can clearly hear that in the four songs on the EP “Count Me In” they released a little while ago. They have a basic garage rock sound backing pop songs with hooks that you catch pretty fast when you listen. You can listen more on Spotify and on their site. They also have a Facebook page. Here’s the title track from the EP:

Count Me In

Today I’ll present a couple of songs from FuFFenS’, hailing från Hälsingland, album “Tveeggad” that was released in October. It’s a really good and diverse album where they have crafted their very own style and the associations I get enters from different directions as I listen. I hear Jakob Hellman, garage rock, some Bo Kaspers Orkester, indie pop, a whiff of Hälsingland and of course a bunch of great songs with good melodies.

You can listen more on Spotify and on Wimp and you can find the band on their site and on Facebook.

Herr Ågren
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