Vidrig Var: Vinyl LP

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Label: Skolhaus
Release Date: 25th September

When it comes to spacey jazzy rock, in this shopkeeper's opinion, nobody's done it with that feeling that you're a rainbow dandelion see blowing through the marbled technicolour pastel skies like Dungen. Also, big up a Swedish band singing in their native tongue, only makes things trippier. 

Vidrig Var, the new album from Dungen, is an open and intimate exploration
of the end of a long-term relationship
"De flesta sager det tar minst ett ar, jag horde nagon som vanta tre Det bara pagar i
mig dag efter dag, allt jag gor blir fel"
"Most say it takes at least a year, I heard of someone who waited three It just keeps
going in me day after day, all I do goes wrong"
This year marks 25 years since the release of the band's self- titled debut, and four
years since their previous album 'En Ar F\u200Bo\u200Br Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig
Nog'.
Despite lyrics in Swedish, their hybrid of psych, folk and pop has won them a
substantial international audience, stars like Jack White, Tame Impala and Fleet Foxes
among them.Dungen consists of Gustav Ejstes, Reine Fiske (guitar), Mattias
Gustavsson (bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums). Vidrig Var is produced by
frontman Ejstes and go-to producer Mattias Glava.
Breaking internationally with their cult classic Ta det lungt, Dungen have been a staple
of modern psych-rock for over two decades. Their fans include Tame Impala's Kevin
Parker (who actually requested the group mix his first record), and their influence has
been enormous for a group that performs primarily in Swedish. Vidrig Var is their 12th
album, not counting several instrumental and live releases. Drawing inspiration from
the terrible spring of the title, the band pushes their sound in interesting new
directions. The steadily transforming stretch of "En Gang I Timmen" melds flutes with
overdriven guitars and a deep bass pulse, while "Djurgarn" pairs singer Gustav Ejstes'
intimate vocals with tambourines and a contrapunctal woodwind line, a stripped down
but exceedingly beautiful snapshot of the band's sound.