The
Swedish band, Marulk are back with a new 4 track 10”. The tracks are short,
straightforward blues rock and roll numbers. The title track opens the record
and is a pretty catchy track but the mid section really let me down as it just
goes back into the song and they don’t take it anywhere interesting. The next
number Jumpsuit Elvis, although only 2½ mins long, is fantastic track. It is a
really fast song a killer footstoping rhythm even though the riff is very
basic. Nice cover artwork as well.. back to the Status Quo denim era for sure! Headless
Rider has a slow AC/DC (think Down Payment Blues) like start but sadly does not
develop into as killer track! How could they ? Blodsmak is back to some simple
status quo meets AC/DC vibe and is all sung in Swedish. Pretty cool 10” but not
as good as I had hoped. Must be played LOUD…. If they extend their songs live
these track could really rock but unlike the current generation of Danish
bands, who are really jamming, the Swedes seem to just play it straight and are
either scared to experiment a bit or just can’t do it. Let’s see what the next
year brings.. there are a few in Sweden like Siena Root that do improvisations
but not bands like Witchcraft, Horizont, Graveyard….
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