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Ett rop på hjälp is a Gothenburg band that
really keeps roots and sounds like an old
gothenburgproggband but it feels like if they
have one foot in the punkhistory and we will see
what Kalle says ... .. June-2017
You have a release party for the record on
Saturday, how is the form ahead of this!
-We play some songs from the disc in all
simplicity. Then we "mingle" and take a pilsner
with the visitors and have a nice time. Of
course, the disc is also available for purchase.
However, that was certainly not the question.
The shape of the game is as uncertain as it
should be. We have not played much together the
last one simply!
What have you received for response to the new
disc?
-And so far, it's just SkuittMagazine who wrote
about it, as I know, the record has been
finished for a while, but we've picked up well
and run a sweaty rehearsal the day before.
Everything can happen and that was the response
we were happy with.
You have some fun song titles, how are you come
up with them? -Well, it's very different. Sometimes it's true that we get "hurt" them when the song is ready for it to be called something. Other times, on the other hand, we are heading for a title that we think is fun, and so we do a song based on it.
Who makes the songs or, more accurately, how do
you do when you make a song?
-It's also a bit different, but it's always
somebody who sat at home and found some riffs or
embryo for a song and then usually some text
lines and then we'll build it together until we
have a ready song. It's a mess. Sometimes the
person who came up with the idea quite clearly
knows how it will be in the end, but in most
cases we really mix it together based on
someone's idea from home. With the lyrics it is
different. They are a one-man job. If you have
started a text you may be well done to complete
it yourself too. It seems to be the best.
What is most important, is that the text or is
it the music?
-Music is most important. And the text is also
the most important.
You sound like a blend of Motvind and the
Nationalteatern and sometimes I wrote Jethro
Tull about you. What do you think about that
description?
-I have not listened much to either Motvind or
Jethro Tull, but the Nationalteatern definitely
belongs to my favorite orchestras, so it's fun
of course.
How are you described otherwise?
- Old-fashioned hard rock most and stoner rock.
One described our first album about it sounding
like stoner, but when the song came in and was
in Swedish, it became progg. The best
description may be "näbbstövelprogg" as they
wrote in the GP about our demo.
-Well ... We've been compared to bands we really
like, like the Trettioåriga Kriget and November,
and it's fun, but when compared to bands we have
not listened to, it's more like a fun
coincidence. Those bands are interesting to look
up. But we really do not try to mimic anyone. It
is important that it is not too much else, but
of course we are influenced by all sorts of
music.
Do you release the disc on your own company now,
or how are you doing?
-Now, it's released digitally on the company
Human & Machine, but the vinyl is released by us
and Bengans sells it in the store and on
mailorder. We also sell it ourselves.
Is it important to get a physical disc? Does it
feel like you did not really release a disc if
it were just online?
-I think there should be a physical product to
be" on real .
Tell me about each member, previous bands, bands
on the side and age and interests beyond music?
-Torbjörn Lorén from Fristad, drums.
Member of Strayfolk, Easy Keeper, Spotted Dogs,
Peter Boie & Folk, etc. Occupation: Acoustics.
He is a master to fix with microphones and
preamps and mixer tables and records lots of
bands in the studio. Like to eat well and drink
good and laugh well. La dolce vita simply knows.
Karl Malmqvist from Umeå, guitar. Sociology
doctor and researcher. Member of Strayfolk,
Berlinmuren, Spotted Dogs et al. really good on
electric guitar, mandolin and banjo and he does
not go to blow his fingers if a double bass
needs to be treated. Nice and helpful. Bookworm.
Daniel Johansson from Fristad, guitar. Student.
Also plays in Centralstödet and Rytmus Modern.
Interests: Photography and architecture. The
only one in the band who has a favorite team in
the Premier League. Sense and balanced.
Mikael Karlsson Karlsson from Lysekil, song.
Construction worker. Vysotskij interpreter. The
only one in the band that has tattoos a little
here and where. Brew IPA and APA in the bathtub.
Can single phrases in Polish completely fluent.
Christoffer Ödman from Angered, keyboard. String
Instrument Vendor, Guitar Repairer and
Violinist. Playing in Vier Brillen (which, by
the way, shared a scene with the above-mentioned
Motvind), Easy Keeper, Strayfolk, Das Irische
Bänden, Jerry Johansson Red, Berlinmuren, etc.
Do not have time for anything else.
Kalle Berlin from Lysekil, bass.
Member of Strayfolk, Lam Cham and Berlinmuren.
Work with cemetery management. Interests:
Literature, film etc.
-We have had very mixed reactions. Some have
said, "You can not be named so!" And others
think it's cheeky, but it seems like most people
like it. "Yes, are you Christians?" We received
as a comment on the name at one time as well.
Who came up with the name? You were not afraid
that any band would have snatch the name
already?
"I think it was me who came to it after we had
been thinking about it for so long and had so
many different suggestions so no hurry finally
came to the end. Well, I think we agreed that it
was a little odd and good name. We were not
afraid it was taken, but it shows a lot of
suicide and sadness when you google the name.
When you are playing, what kind of bands do you
play with?
-All possible. Usually the same genre, ie rock
music.
What is the biggest band you've shared with?
-We have been support to Graveyard once in Borås.
And we have also been support to Kebnekaise in
Gothenburg.
-Absolutely!
Which is your most political song?
-I would believe the" Nödvändighetens exekutör
". Last song on new disc. It is probably the
most thoughtful political text with a direct
link to the political reality in Sweden in the
2010s.
Best political band?
"Difficult question, but Refused really
succeeded in creating a political aesthetic.
Are there any good bands at all in Sweden right
now?
-Yes it does. Dungen is good, and Träd, Gräs och
Stenar are still doing well? They are good. Bob
Hund is also good. Here in Gothenburg there are,
for example, Uran and Tross to name a few. And
Cavem3n from Lysekil.
Please if you are thinking quickly and without
thinking too much, your five favorite discs,
five favorite concerts?
Ok. Discs I personally keep high:
* Kyuss - …and the circus leaves town.
- "Middle finger to the establishment" attitude.
Energy.
How do you think it is to live in Sweden
otherwise with all SDs(swedish democrats), other
idiots etc? Are the wise most yet?
-Frustrating. One can feel apologized and
politically depressed. In our texts and our
music you can sometimes see the effects of such
feelings about this. But all asylum seekers,
people with paper, Muslims, Romans and others
who do not fit into the SD and their likings'
perception of what is Swedish make up most of
humanity. They are the ones who are worst
affected by their progress, and maybe all these
should be thought of first and foremost rather
than how you feel. Then it would have been very
pleasant if they were idiots, but they are not.
Then they would never have succeeded in
eliminating such successes as they have done. It
is probably risky to dismiss those who hang out,
as did the Nazis at the beginning, because it
was not good anymore.
If you could play with five bands, live and dead
bands,
which five bands would you like to share
the stage with then?
* Black Sabbath
-We would like to play live a little around
Scandinavia. I think we'll have a couple of
discs left in us that'll be out too. We have
talked about making a concept disc of some kind.
What do you have for future plans?
-Musically, I want to continue with songwriting
and develop it.
Words of wisdom?
-Music is hard work
Something
to add?
- ... Do not think so ... Thanks for the space! |