DIMMORNAS BRO – Dimmornas Bro (Silence, 1977) / Mål (Silence, 1979) / Jabbi Dabbi (RCA Victor, 1981)

Dimmornas Bro (Silence, 1977)
Swedish vocals, instrumental 

International relevance: **

 

Before Staffan Hellstrand became a domestic hit maker, he was in the semi-symphonic Dimmornas Bro.

Despite being OK musicians, Dimmornas Bro never reached the higher levels of symph prog they probably aimed for, simply because their songs weren't very good. They try hard to earn credibility points with tracks ”Romeo” and ”Fängelset, skolan alltså” but end up like some faux Genesis. Dimmornas Bro was really a pop rock band and that shines through no matter what time signatures and how many synth washes they used. If it matters to anyone, this is their best album.

Mål (Silence, 1979)
Swedish vocals, instrumental 

International relevance: **

 

Really terrible album made even worse by then-fashionable disco influences. ”Tilt” suggests Staffan Hellstrand might have heard one Samla Mammas Manna album and two by The Beatles, but the end result is disheartening to say the least. Some symph moves seemingly left over from their first album turned up in ”Mål's” instrumental final track, but they couldn't save their debut and they certainly can't save this dud either.

 Jabbi Dabbi (RCA Victor, 1981)
Swedish vocals

International relevance: *

 

Leaving Silence for multinational label RCA Victor gave Dimmornas Bro a more 'glamorous' production touch, but just like Hellstrand sings in ”Moln”, the one track here with very distant prog touches: ”all the warning signs go flashing red”. ”Jabbi Dabbi” is very bad early 80's mainstream pop rock.

 

Dimmornas Bro full album

Mål full album 

Jabbi dabbi full album playlist