Alonzo is yet another fresh band, hailing
from Uppsala , Sweden
Alonzo's debut
album 'Vrångvisor' (roughly translated: songs that are difficult to deal with)
delivers six well-placed hammer blows in almost 47 minutes. The lyrics are in
Swedish and the music is a solid and thoroughly mixed bag of prehistoric rock á
la November and contemporary stoner rock, with a touch of both psych and heavy
blues. I do not agree with that these songs are difficult to deal with, but
feel that these tracks are quite easy to handle.
The main
components of the album have to be the neatly nod conditioned 'Andra vägar'
(Other ways) and 'Lånad tid' (Borrowed time). But also tracks like 'Krön
mig till kung' (Crown Me King) and 'Skammen' (The Disgrace) makes you wanna go
bezerk on your neighbor's barking dog.
On these nuggets
Alonzo has picked the finest pieces from the seventies and put them together
with parts from modern heavy rock. The whole album is generally a stone(r) age
journey through time and space with many "attractions" along the way
which offers anything but a sleeping pill. In other words; your ears won't
make it without Alonzo!
Besides November
these dudes are also comparable to bands like Truth and Janey, Sir Lord
Baltimore, Stone Axe, Horizont, Mamont and Mangrove. If you're into this kind
of stuff you have to experience Alonzo!
By Tobias Beament
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