Dan Tillberg's Bellatrix label was a confusing one. Anything could come out on the label – punk, progg, jazz, garage rock, polka (!), choirs and religious music. This one fits the last two categories.
Released as Freedom but actually
performed by Kyrkans Ungdom I Finja Pastorat (=”the church youth of
the Finja pastorate”, Finja being a small town in Skåne in the
south) to the benefit of the Church of Sweden International
Aid. Seemingly appealing to collectors of Jesus pop, it does have
some progg characteristics. A few tracks would actually have
been quite good hadn't it been a youth choir singing. The best track by far is album opener ”Vem var han?” which wouldn't have been out of place on Obadja's great album ”Testa”. However, it was resurrected on the "Frälst!" compilation – a good choice making "Freedom" redundant. As it stands, it is a youth choir album sounding like one.
Vem var han? (Bandcamp)
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