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Det Gamla Landet, Det Gamla landet - S/T

Det Gamla landet - S/T

AA03

Artist: Det Gamla Landet
Label: AA/Nosordo
External Link: AA/Nosordo
1/1/05 MP3
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Det Gamla Landet ("The Old Country" occasional drum and organ. This is melancholy at its most beautiful. The sound of Det Gamla Landet is the feeling of families, friends and loved ones separated or parted. It is the sound of love and nostalgia. Here, on the full-length debut from Det Gamla Landet, there are tributes to the common soldier, valiant unsung heroes and lovers.

"Nations and peoples wax and wane with the fortunes of pestilence, war and famine. Families are broken and emboldened by history´s manifold blights and blessings. From these fragments of memory and nostalgia emerge and are patterned into storiesin Swedish) is a remarkable band with a simple sound of banjo, guitar, melodica and the and song. Sweden´s Det Gamla Landet are master tunesmiths in this tradition. The name means "The Old Country" and these 14 instrumentals crafted only from banjo, melodica, guitar and occasional snare drum, evoke the longings of separation, off journeys taken, of returns welcomed, and unresolved absences, "Det Heliga Landet" ("The Holy Land") sighs out the promise of final settlement and long rest. All are odes to those who carry their homes in their hearts, or, ion the case of "Slicka Daggen Från En Snigel" (loosely, "Dew Licked From A Snail") on their backs." -The Wire

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01 - Positiv (3:57) Play Buy USD 1.20
02 - Dom väntar bakom kullen (3:31) Play Buy USD 1.20
03 - Junie (1:23) Play Buy USD 1.20
04 - Det heliga landet (4:35) Play Buy USD 1.20
05 - Tolv lunder (3:32) Play Buy USD 1.20
06 - Utan precis som innan (1:09) Play Buy USD 1.20
07 - Solnedgång över Lele (3:24) Play Buy USD 1.20
08 - När skeppet sjunker (4:13) Play Buy USD 1.20
09 - Julie (1:29) Play Buy USD 1.20
10 - Lells Guld (4:07) Play Buy USD 1.20
11 - Åtta år av krig är värt ett bröllop (4:23) Play Buy USD 1.20
12 - Hemfärden (1:56) Play Buy USD 1.20
13 - Hästarna brinner (4:00) Play Buy USD 1.20
14 - Slicka daggen från en snigel (5:01) Play Buy USD 1.20

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