I think we’ve all had the pleasure of mouthing the lyrics to a song in another language even if don’t understand the words one bit. From the second we were shuffled into a preschool or nursery school, we were fed Frere Jaques for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, polyglot or not. Well, this my friends, is your upgrade. Offering a variety of styles (I’d call some of them influences, cough, to be discussed?, cough), and rhythms, if you listen to this cd enough, there is guaranteed to be a song where you pretend to know at least a little Swedish.
Dungen is a four piece outfit based out of Stockholm, Sweden, but the soul really comes from the lead singer, song writer, and talented musician, Gustav Ejstes. Ta Det Lugnt, released in 2004, is their 4th album and most beloved. The cd provides some more gripping tracks than others including the gems I have previously pointed out: “Panda” and my favorite “Det Du Tanker Idag Ar Du Imorn” (I do not attempt to impress my Swedish friends with the pronunciation of that one); however, every track forces a look at what could superficially be perceived as a “one-trick-pony.” As a live experience, the band enjoys prolonging songs to infinity; some people call this jamming, I call it running on a treadmill. Their energy is indubitably there, and even a heartless snot like me can get immersed in the quality of the performance, maybe I’m just not in shape to keep running with everyone else.
Ta Det Lugnt carries me to my high school years where I was just wishing I existed in another, cooler era that I thought Dungen was taking me to. Hope you can sink in as easily as I did. Enjoy.
Love Mamolou
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