release date: Sep. 15, 1980
format: cd (1994 reissue, MdCD 6102)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,38]
producer: Flemming Ostermann
label: Medley Records - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Kanonføde" - 3. "Stormsoldater" - 4. "Friheden Station" - 5. "Lort nok" - 8. "Sidespring" - 9. "Ocean Island"
Studio album debut by Danish quintet Malurt consisting of lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Michael Ehlert Falch, lead guitarist Peter Viskinde, bassist Dia Nielsen (aka Hans Andrias Hans Mariuarson Nielsen), keyboardist Henrik Littauer, and drummer Peter Mors. The album is co-produced by Flemming Rasmussen.
Stylewise, the band plays a simple uptempo rock with many stylistic influences going from other contemporary Danish acts like Gnags, Gasolin, C.V. Jørgensen, and American artists like John Mellencamp, The Knack, and especially Bruce Springsteen, but also melodic parts from the British punk rock and new wave scene and most obviously from The Clash.
Thematically, the songs are about anti-war, generation cleft issues, and free love, which all appear as somewhat dated issues pointing back to early 70s subjects, and that is partly resonated in the music, where you also find an influence from boogie and AOR-styles with traits from J.J. Cale, Doobie Brothers and Little Feat. So, yes, it's a huge mix of styles, which both comes out as a refreshing energetic boost and at the same time a simplistic and narrow form.
I recall being very fond of this very album and had it among my favourite Danish releases from that year, but in retrospect I find that it has dated more than other fine releases from this period.
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