Monday, August 6, 2018

NARREN – ...Inte slutet, bara början – Sånger om Norrland och Latinamerika (MNW, 1972)

Swedish vocals 
International relevance: *
 
Narren was one of the first independent theatre groups in Stockholm, and began already in 1965. Their early repertoire consisted of American avantgarde plays, but towards the end of the decade their focus changed to political plays of a revolutionary nature. They released a couple of LP's on their own label Narren, but this particular album – their first – was an early MNW release.

The album's subtitle means ”songs about Norrland and Latin America” and is as self-explanatory as the album cover. Side 1 is dedicated to Latin America, side 2 to Norrland. Norrland is the most Northern area of Sweden where forest and mining industries are an important part of the economy. Several of Fria Proteatern's albums deal with the Norrland region, and thos could very well have been a Fria Proteatern recording, except that this is a tad more primitive sounding. It's a pretty bet that if you like them, you'll like Narren too. And it works both ways – if you don't like Fria Proteatern, you probably won't like Narren either. 

2 comments:

  1. A Boring record in line with the "political awareness" in the mid 70´s swedish progg movement when the music was irrelevant and the lyrics not to good.

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