Instrumental
International relevance: ***
No-one can deny that The Sound Express
was vastly inspired by Hansson & Karlsson, but while their lone
and very rare album is
derivative and not as refined as their role models, it has enough
merits to save it from being entirely superfluous. The rough,
almost basement-like sound gives the whole album a menacing feel that
Hansson & Karlsson never quite had thanks to their level of
sophistication. You could call this a garage equivalent of the better
known duo.
”Stand Up for Mr. G.W.” features a
snippet from Leonard Bernstein's ”West Side Story”, but fret not
– keyboardist Tillbjörn Perzon and drummer Ingemar Landén simply
isn't skilled enough to turn into The Nice.
The stand out track however is
undoubtedly the first on the album, the mean ”Gothique” with a wah wah
guitar sneaking around before suddenly bursting out into a solo like an unruly demon materializing
from out of some dark dimension.
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