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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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I recently heard someone use the old adage (I’m not really sure if it technically counts as an adage), “if you’ve never heard of a band, it’s probably because they weren’t that good,” and it made me realize how wrong that kind of logic is. Therefore I’ve decided that from time to time it’s necessary to bring to light some artists and bands that deserve to be known and heard…
The Backdoor Men were one of the original Swedish retro-rockers. They were only a band from 1984-1986 and released just two singles, but on the 2004 release Sodra Esplanaden, Vol. 4 (Subliminal Sounds), you get all the originally released songs plus some great live cover songs and various unreleased recordings. The four songs from the original two singles are an amazing display of the 60’s garage/mod sound that so clearly influenced the band, especially the first single, “Out Of My Mind” and the wild instrumental “Dance Of The Savages.” The quality of the three live songs is pleasantly surprising as well. Seeing as a typical inherent characteristic of garage music is the sloppy playing (that’s not a bad thing either), it’s not uncommon to find some live recordings a bit unlistenable, but that’s not the case here. The rest of the 14 tracks found on this CD are bonus/unreleased songs and while it’s clearly B-material compared to the other songs, there are a couple tracks like “Another Way Of Giving” and “Never Take A Chance” that standout.
Being a fan of more recent Swedish pseudo garage-rock bands such as The International Noise Conspiracy and even The Hives, I find the mid 80’s Swedish garage revival bands very interesting. I guess it’s true that everything is new again - even retro bands eventually become retro themselves. I definitely recommend Sodra Esplanaden and The Backdoor Men for any fan of garage-rock, new or old.
Download “Out Of My Mind” (mp3) from Sodra Esplanaden, Vol. 4 .
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Sodra Esplanaden, Vol. 4 is OUT NOW buy it from: Insound | Amazon
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