Karl Fredrik – “VI”
After a few weeks break it’s time to pick things up where I left them before. I’m online again and looking at a full list of music to present to you. First up is singer/songwriter Karl Fredrik and his new album album “VI”.
Despite the album name this is his second solo album; the first one, “Ingenstans man”, was released in 2011, which I also wrote about here on the blog. The new album follows in the trail of the predecessor with a personal relating pop/rock in Swedish with traces of Swedish ballad traditions and a breath of Bob Dylan. Compared to other Swedish artists in the genre it reminds me most of Peter LeMarc and Tomas Andersson Wij. It’s a more comfortable, smoother and more acoustic sound on these new songs and the album as a whole feels more consistent. I find the best songs in the first track “Muren” and in the strong finish of the album with the two songs “Vridit och vänt” and “Ingenstans man”.
Karl Fredrik’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
Earlier Fredrik Johansson was songwriter and guitarist in the hard rock band Link and later in Laguna Stardust. After a life crisis in 2005 he decided to step forward and grab the microphone, first as a singer in the band Exil, then in Riket and now as a solo artist under the name Karl Fredrik. Last month he released the solo debut album “Ingenstans Man” (“Nowhere Man”).
