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Rating: Do you play guitar? Do you have an amp with a nice distorted effect? Well, then grab a bassist and a drummer and start playing some good old rock! Simple, right? Super simple, sure, then if you have an enviable stage presence, are technically impeccable, and are noticed by many specialized magazines that refer to you as one of the new great guitar innovators after 40 years of sacred monsters of the instrument, well, then you are Mattias "IA" Eklundh and your band is Freak Kitchen!
Since '94 the rhythm section of this Swedish band has seen some changes, while IA has always clung to his guitar with his teeth, faithful to the sole task of firing riffs in the face of unsuspecting listeners and refreshing rock in the simplest way, playing the three basic instruments without effects, except for distortion, with grit and passion.
The skill of this guy is astounding, his solos are incredibly clean, fast, and crazy; notes chasing each other along the fretboard, distances between frets disappearing, wild tapping, harmonics picked everywhere, lightning-fast sweeps, in short, an absolutely original shredder.
The album I recommend to you is Move, released in 2002 and in my opinion the best work by Freak Kitchen from every point of view, masterfully played by this crazy trio and sung by IA himself. A great performance behind the microphone for him too, a voice that, to compare it with a more famous singer, resembles a Jorn Lande with a funkier and more abrasive tone.
All the tracks on the platter are pure hard rock played with funky accents, but there is nothing déjà vu. The structure is always that simple and tested classic rock canon, but I challenge you to cover any of the tracks from Move! The technique is always in the forefront along with immediacy, so don't expect complex structures but hard rock played properly!
The guitar fires riffs that pack a tremendous punch, the voice scratches what the distortion can't say, and the rhythm section is the perfect pairing for all tracks on the platter.
No need for a track-by-track description, the album is a concentration of energy ready to explode in your players and when you hear Mattias in a solo, you can't help but stand petrified wondering how on earth a Swede rocks like this!
Recommended for all those who expect great riffs, great solos, fun, and headbanging from music, but also for those who believe that in hard rock there's still something to say! Rock on!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Propaganda Pie (03:10)
Good evening and welcome
Would you like an aperitif?
May we recommend
The Disinformation Beef?
We do our very utmost
To meet all your demands
Just sit back and enjoy
While we wash our dirty hands
Feed your hungry eye...
Propaganda pie
Have a slice of lie
Propaganda pie
We serve the only version
The daily six o clock buffet
We edit your dinner
Cut the improper parts away
Special flavorings
Make sure you stay obedient
Nothing is more efficient
Than a tampered ingredient
Try!
The propaganda pie
Have a slice of lie
Propaganda pie
How about some desert?
More manipulated wine?
We got the most delicious cake
To send shivers down your spine
It's got a funny smack
And the icing is malign...
Try!
The propaganda pie
Have a slice of lie
Propaganda pie
03 Snap (03:35)
Hurry! Hurry!
I know you can do it
Faster! Faster!
Never mind that bleeding from your nose
Busy! Busy!
Always under pressure
Rush it! Rush it!
Shoot another climber overdose
Dive into the Burn Out Trap
You don't need to take this crap
Snap! Snap!
Or stay true to yourself
Snap! Snap!
Or stay true to yourself
Blackout! Blackout!
Too much of everything
Routine! Routine!
Dance to the corporate bullets
Failure! Failure!
You're never good enough
Push it! Push it!
Far beyond your limits
Fall into the Burn Out Trap
We don't need to take this crap
Snap! Snap!
Or stay true to yourself
Snap! Snap!
Or stay true to yourself
11 Logo (04:01)
Tiny fingers from afar
Born to sow your push-up bra
Billions spent on your new campaign
The greater the profit, the greater the pain
Hey Mister
That nose of yours seems to grow
Hey Mister
I got to know
How about the kid down in Olongapo?
I got to know
I hate your stinking logo
Hey Mister
You sinister Pinocchio
Hey Mister
I got to know
How about the kid down in Olongapo?
I got to know
I hate your stinking logo
Spare me your attempts to charity
I smell business strategy
12 The Wrong Year (03:21)
This is the wrong year
This is the wrong year
Believe me, I'm sincere
We could use some help here
This is the wrong year
The planet's state's a bloody mess
You and I could not care less
Bored we look the other way
The more we learn the less we know
Our way of life just has to go
It's about to ricochet
Do we get what we deserve?
This is the wrong year
This is the wrong year
Believe me, I'm sincere
We could use some help here
This is the wrong year
Simple fact: first we fry
We don't act: well, then we die
A global abscess hard to ignore
Tomorrow is a little late
Can you afford to wait?
Indolent we consume some more
We need to cut Tellus some slack
Endangered species won't come back
And we will all pay for sure
Do we get what we deserve?
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