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A West Side Fabrication Play Covers #2
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Artist: Various Artist
Label: A West Side Fabrication
A West Side Fabrication has once again gathered their forces to record and release a cover album, this is the second issue.
This time around 12 different artist's has chosen, on their own behalf (no rules no limits from our side), one song each. In other words, it's a wild-ranging and quite odd release, done with a glint, we can offer you this time.
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This is the beautiful debut single from Rickard och Juvelerna, the Daniel Gilbert produced, "Eporna, mopederna och vännerna".
A single that takes you through a half life in slightly more than three minutes. The song whisper about a promise that somewhere around the corner there is maybe something better, worth waiting for.
The place by the sea, the friends, the longing for something better. That which glows in everyones eyes.
And by the way, their debut album will be released after summer.
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This album is a testament to La Masa of Sweden`s band mate Fredrik Eriksson – also a former member of super-hyped punk-pop band Love is all - as well as the rebirth of La Masa of Sweden. The band’s sound maker and bassist/synth bass player died tragically a year ago after suffering from a severe depression. This hit us with tremendous pain, but also anger because of the fact that Fredrik did not get the help he needed. Fredrik had time to produce and play on all the songs except one before he left us.
In order to complete the work on the album, La Masa of Sweden took the help of Bastian Pabst for recording vocals, and Johan Forsman Löwenström (Jens Lekman, Caesars, Silverbullit, Håkan Hellström, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Thåström etc.) for mixing.
The result is outstanding, with brilliant pop songs that at times sound like the perfect mix between The Jesus & Mary Chain and Wham, a nice mix of shoegaze guitars and electronica. La Masa of Sweden could be the Swedish cousin of the DFA Records family. The album consists of ten great pop songs: “Jimmie Give Up” – a political stance against Jimmie Åkesson, Swedish right wing politician; “Tom of Finland” is a tribute to the gay icon, artist and provocateur with the same name; “Monarchy” is more current than ever with the recent fuss and debate on the Swedish royal family; “Scrapbook”, “When Satan lover her” and “Protest March” show different perspectives of human shortcomings In a grim existence.
La Masa of Sweden have ...
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Wayflower, a five piece relative new act from Stockholm, celebrates the union of hope and despair in a racket of hugs and kisses. They gladly unite all kind of genres (60-pop, 90- indie and 00-alternative) just for the love of music. And with one wheel in the ditch and the other one on the track, the band happily marches on towards the bitter end.
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People who form a band in their early teens often end up realising how naive and stupid they are, laughing at their own foolishness and quit. Then there are people who like to torture themselves, Stolen Deer are one of those kinds.
Stolen Deer's debut album is a result of half a decade of pain. Not the stinging type of pain like from putting your hand on a hot plate,
but the coming and going type of pain that eats your brain from the inside. This is what makes Morning Peasant timeless. It's not
associated with the best-looking rucksacks or coats from the past or present. By avoiding this, Stolen Deer have found a way to save
themselves from their own creative anxiety.
Together with Henrik Wiklund, Magnus Lindberg (Deportees, Cult of Luna etc etc) and with some help of friends and enemies, Stolen Deer have recorded a harmonious well-planned handicraft. Rhythm, piano and persistent discussing of guitars permeates an album led by Anton Fahlgren's voice. On top of that there are uplifting trumpets and grieving trombones making the songs something you never can reach and get a hold of with your bare hands.
Stolen Deer are still lost. Everyone knows that's the most thrilling and scary feeling in the world. So, wherever you go, let them follow.
They'll come with you on that train along the Swedish coastline. Look outside, because Morning Peasant is like the snowshine in your eyes. It's an engaged and eager struggle to get to the top of all the mountains you've ever c...
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As Phoenix the bird La Masa, or should I say La Masa of Sweden as they call themselves now a days since the changing of singing language and a bit of style, has risen again. Here you have the first taste, "Jimmie give up" from their forthcoming self titled album. Under the name La Masa these Gothenburg guys released two albums which included quite a few radio-singles such as "Flyttkartong", "Min Megafon" "Tomhetens dunkla spår" just to name a few. Their new super-cool single "Jimmie give up" is satirical pop directed at the right-wing, xenophobic movement's ugly face.
With its club beat and catchy chorus it pulls down the pants of Swedish right-wing politician Jimmie Åkesson and gives him a good spanking.
With the new single "Jimmie give up", La Masa of Sweden exposes the obvious that only the little child in H.C. Andersen's fairy tale dared to see - he is naked. Political pop at its best!
