Thursday, June 19, 2025

MYGLARNA – Du liv (A-Disc, 1977)

Swedish vocals
International relevance: *

The great looking album cover with its folk rock private pressings vibe led me to believe that this perhaps would be something as uncommon as a decent A-Disc release. Well, it is a bit folkish, mostly covers with mainly acoustic instruments, and it isn't one of A-Disc's very worst. But good it's certainly not.

Some tracks are potentially OK, especially a couple on the first side, but what could have been better in the hands of some more spirited combo is effectively asphyxiated by annoyingly twee harmony vocals. Myglarna seem to have taken their cues from commercial harmony groups of the 60s and early 70s such as Marie Bergman's Family Four, a style that was hard to endure to begin with and definitely outdated by the time ”Du liv” was released. Some typical Social Democrat marching music find its way into the yawny blend of styles but even they sound weary.

Drummer Johan Dielemans was previously in Folk Blues Inc

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