Swedish trio Svvamp is the real deal. Countless bands today
strive to sound genuine — whether faking their way through a ProTools pastiche
of carefully assembled takes, painstakingly tarnishing tracks to give them a
“live feel” or simply copying the style of their favorite band. And, usually,
their posturing is entirely transparent.
Every once in a while though, you find a band without
self-conscious pretense that truly echoes the mood and vibe of an era when the
rulebooks were burned with the draft cards and the act of playing rock’n’roll
was simultaneously defiant and inherently casual. Svvamp is just that type of
primordial beauty captured on a perfect 11-song debut.
Svvamp was created by three friends – Adam Johansson, Henrik
Bjorklund and Erik Stahlgren – drawn together for the sake of jamming and a
love of rock, folk and blues. Their resulting heavy psych sound is immediately
gripping in its homespun feel and hints of Cream, Eric Bell-era Thin Lizzy, CCR
and Crazy Horse.
“Our first recordings were made on a 4-channel cassette
PortaPro (with microphones that we found lying around) and were really crude,
recorded live to cassette,” the band explains. “We grew fond of that live feel
and demo takes started to sound like finished songs. Over time, with almost everything
made live in our rehearsal room, it became a full album.”
Download Album: https://svvamp.bandcamp.com/album/svvamp
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