VAD TUSAN SOMHÄLST - Sista skriket (VTS, 1978)

 Swedish vocals
International relevance: *

A scarce private pressing but also one of very limited interest. The moody and primitive cover art and the basement fidelity might trigger one to believe this could be a bleak hard rock album, but anyone nurturing any such expectations will be painfully disappointed. Vad Tusan Somhälst came from Luleå just like Rekyl and Anton Svedbergs Swängjäng, and their songs have that certain matter-of-fact feel typical to bands hailing from the Northern Sweden. However, Vad Tusan Somhälst (a deliberately misspelt name meaning roughly "just whatever") suffered from underdeveloped songwriting skills often manifesting themselves in pseudo-cabaret styled songs that sounds clumsy and silly. But had the songs been any good, chances are that this five-piece would have messed them up anyway due to their lack of instrumental skills, as proven by the only track here showing some potential, "Bluesen i din kropp". Vad Tusan Somhälst sound like an underrehearsed school band without the charm.

I don't have much to say about "Sista skriket", it's simply a bad record with few if any redeeming qualities. It doesn't turn up that often, and I've really no idea how much the estimated value might be. Not that it matters, because if you pay for it all, you pay too much compared to what you actually get.

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