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From Sweden, with fury, comes a wave of garage rock and punk, all seasoned with no global ideas and anti-capitalist messages. A New Morning Changing Weather, the third album of the Swedish quintet, seems to herald a breath of optimism from the title, but there is no trace of tranquility in any song except the slow Last Century Promise, the longest track on the album. The eleven songs convey pure energy: the guitar is fierce, the voice powerful.
Aside from the lyrics, which are true bombs, the songs form an album that is very compact, homogeneous in its relentless insistence on the call of the revolution, forming a great sound barrier.
Ignoring the many political cues that an album of this kind offers, we must note that these 5 "crazy ones" (as they are called in Sweden) really know what they're doing.
The guitar describes truly pleasant melodic orbits with just the right amount of distortion and even blues hints in the ironic “New Empire Blues.”
Among the best tracks, “Capitalism Stole My Virginity,” whose lyrics are literally a bomb, “Up For Sale,” the most commercially impactful track, Breakout 2001, and “Northwest Passage” where drums and bass take the lead.
In conclusion, it's an album with pleasant and listenable songs, where one truly rediscovers the pleasure of pure rock, although it may become a bit repetitive towards the last tracks. It is not a masterpiece, but it is certainly better than many albums made by bands that enjoy much more fame and publicity.
The revolution comes from Sweden!
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