Tuesday, July 31, 2018

ROCKVATTNÄ – Rockvattnä (Ljudbarrikaden, 1979)

Swedish lyrics, instrumental
International relevance: **

Dorotea is a small town in the far north of Sweden. Around 1980, population was a little less than 4,000. Today it's around 2,700. Still they had Rockvattnä, a dirty-handed blue collar rock band with political lyrics that are far more credible than anything Fria Proteatern ever did. Rockvattnä's gritty and hard-edged blues rock sound rich with aggresive guitar work and a reliable beat gives the lyrics even more oomph. Singer and flute player Jörgen Sundqvist has a slightly weathered voice that fits the overall sound well. Somehow this album has flown below the collectors' radar and can still be found fairly cheap, maybe because people are suspicious of the blues rock tag and the late release date. It's a bit uneven but still good enough to deserve a greater acknowledgement than it gets.

"Hamburgerfunk"

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