Sunday, August 12, 2018

HYBRIS – Hybris (Four Leaf, 1978)

Swedish vocals
International relevance: ***
 
Unlike most jazz rock bands, Fusion had vocals to go along with their semi-funky grooves (with lyrics written by Klas Östergren, now ex-member of the Swedish Academy). I don't know if ”Hybris” would have been better or worse without the vocals, but they're not very impressive, despite Bengt Skogsholt having a pretty good voice slightly reminiscent of Nebulosa's Roger Johansson/Pontare. The music isn't either, at best mediocre with unspiring production courtesy of the band. They sound more like a more-competent-than-usual local band, but still a local band. The album's neither very good nor very bad, it's just uninteresting.

Drummer Olle Romö also played with Mikael Ramel, Pugh Rogefeldt and Ulf Bejerstrand before embarking on an international career with Eurythmics, Brian Setzer, Feargal Sharkey and more recently Shania Twain.

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