This is the Swedish bands, 4th
record. I had only heard the last one and really liked it but they really hit
the ball out of the park on this one! What a fucking great record!! I just got
this one in and my wife and I are spinning it everyday! Fantastic vocals, great
songs and playing. The songs take me back to the early 70s… Flower People
starts things off with a mid paced strumming guitar track with some great
vocals, nice lyrics and groove. A very happy song. I’m your Friend sounds a lot
like an Allman Brothers song and features acoustic guitar and a southern rock
feel. It even features some pedal steel or slide at the end mixed with a few
nature sounds by New Mountain. Badger Boogie has some boogie in it in a slow
groove like the Rolling Stones. The things you used to do could be one of the
mellow early Humble Pie tracks. Wow.. Mercy is an acoustic track that is a bit
like Blackberry Smoke in a way. Another great track. Side B starts off with my
favorite track on the record, Brothers of the Canyon. Again reminds me of
Doobie Brothers or Marshall Tucker band and the bands jam this one out a bit. Rolling
Thunder is a bit of Bob Dylan hidden in it’s sleeve. Water and Sunshine is a
bit more rocking and keeps the good time rock and roll flowing. Wasted Years
has that southern rock feel to it as well. Running no More ends the record in a
laid back and mellow way with some mellotron. I agree with another
reviewer, not real heavy, real progressive or really psychedelic but really
fucking good! One of my fave records this year. Great job folks..
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