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sweden old. indie rock

the way, how The Bear Quartet in the late phase of their career with every factory can reinvent themselves really only with their (sadly defunct) country men compare from fireside. was last year's album "89" another album of pure refusal to bring the five (sic) to "Monty Python" ( adrian recordings / alive ) now together as-new and old style direction - and thus create something new. the bear quartet belongs to the surprisingly small part of the Swedish indie scene, although it did take place in the home to larger, outside Scandinavian realms but not yet really could emerge. history, despite a nearly 20-year-old in which it is a sack full of EPs and albums, as well as a role model for some commercially managed significantly more successful information. this time also revealed again a great chance, pop and krautrock as an unconventional new experience. Conclusion: use!
during Last Days Of April home-country in her sweden since years are among the top sellers in the indie sector and take piece by piece and the U.S. (one the guests note this time: evan dando and tegan quin), ekes out in this country still largely underground status . and whether this changes with the new long player record sales in times of lean times, despite the increased engagement may of its longstanding label Bad Taste Records, however, doubtful. the potential for it in any case, on the seventh (!) album "gooey" ( bad taste records / soul food ) more than ever present. even the wonderful opener, for example, carries the now very independent, melancholy handwriting of the trio, which also strikes the rest of the album almost exclusively quieter tones. the no longer so new premise "quiet is the new loud" does the material really well. go so the tracks a little deeper than one would expect from sweden was. overall it succeeds band founder karl larsson more than ever, his song-writing potential to the full. that the eleven pieces - not least because Larsson agree - desöfteren in tearful drift fields, it interferes not at all: last days of April seem somehow more authentic than just many of their colleagues. In addition, they appear with the old well of compositional zuzulegen substance.