(Adansonia Records)
Suddenly I found
myself sitting in front of my sound system. It was late at night and darkness
ruled outside the windows. I was staring at the speaker. Listening. My mind was
expanded beyond the grey reality of the real world and my mind was absorbed by this
music. I was connected to the soul of sound. Of the organism that lives inside
the decibels.
I was listening to
Kungens Män.
This band has been
around for a while now constantly releasing new music. Back in 2014 they
released one new album a month (!) via their Bandcamp page. Not everything may
have hit the spot but you've got to admire a band that doesn’t have so many
filters and lets you connect with the force of creativity in a band. The soul
of Kungens Män is the improvisation. It is the nucleus. It is the star from which they navigate. And
then they add the progressive elements and the noise rock.
A free jazz infused
Sonic Youth might be a good description.
The latest offering is
a two part album. Disc one is called “Dag” (Day) and the second “Natt” (Night).
The titles of the songs indicate an ambition to describe
the feelings of the different parts of the 24 hours of a day and night. But
trying to describe each song as individual tracks is utterly pointless as it
all gets blurry a few minutes into the first track “Morgonrodnad”. The 13 minutes of dreamy grooves laced with
an angelic saxophone feels like just one second and an eternity at the same
time. Then everything gets hazy for the next 90 minutes. Time passes. The music
fills up your head and then explodes peacefully.
Then: silence.
And you find yourself
staring at the speaker.
-The Void
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