ABRAMIS BRAMA: Enkel Biljett
ABRAMIS BRAMA: Swedish for Rock Stars
(I made that up – really don’t know what the
band’s name means.) My introduction to Abramis Brama was through the “Smakar Sӧndag” (tastes
like Sunday) album. After the initial
distraction of “they’re singing in Swedish…sounds funny”, I realized I was
listening to aggressive, awesome rock.
This is guitar driven rock with insanely tight bass and drums. The band covers so much ground musically
while simply tearing it up at all times.
When nobody is around you can catch me singing words I don’t understand
when Smakar Sӧndag is playing – the tunes are totally catchy. Abramis Brama had an impressive discography
before this as it turns out, including a couple of albums recorded in
English. While all the band’s older
material is of high quality, it seems that Abramis Brama is like a fine wine, improving
with age. 2014’s “Enkel Biljett”
(one-way ticket) is finally out, and does not disappoint. It gives you some of what you expected to
hear after the last album, while continuing to expand the band’s repertoire of
rock ideas and sounds. Check out the
title track and see what a classic bass sound Dennis has, and how synchronized
P-O and Fredrik are on guitar and drums.
There are eight other tunes on the album, each offering something the
previous one did not. If there were rock
music Olympics, Sweden would have the highest medal count, and Abramis Brama
might be the band that would make it onto your box of Wheaties. If there’s a tune you don’t like on this
album, I’d encourage you to listen to it again.
Dennis
Berg: Bass
P-O
Andersson: Guitar
Ulf
Torkelsson: Vocals
Fredrik
Liefendahl: Drums
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