Marrakech, hailing from Umeå, whom I wrote about in Spring, released their debut album  “Minns ingenting” this Autumn. We find them on the same scene as before; it’s the early seventies and they play blues rock influenced by heavier bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple among others who are on their way of creating the hard rock genre. The sound is as basic as it can be: two guitars, a bass guitar, drums and vocals and besides some vocal harmonies I can’t hear any additional tracks in this production. What you can hear is exactly what you get when you get to see them live.

Marrakech on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud – on Rara – on Bandcamp

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.

Marrakech on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud