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Indian Summer (Vinyl)
Finally Landberk awakens!
Although many point to Anglagard as ground zero for the Swedish prog revival of the 90s, just as much importance needs to be attributed to Landberk. The band's music initially started out paying reverence to 70s British hard rock and prog but with that Swedish melacholy folk attribute clearly on display. Mellotron figured very heavily in the band's sound. The band was spearheaded by Stefan Dimle who ran the Mellotronen record shop in Stockholm as well as a record label that is still going today. Guitarists Reine Fiske went on to play with Dungen, Paatos, Morte Macabre, and many other bands you will know. In 1992, we released Lonely Land which was an English language version of their debut Riktigt Äkta. So we have a long history with this great band. The band only had 4 releases in total and dissolved in 1996 with the release of Indian Summer. I don't know what the overall plan is for reissues of the catalogue but people have been asking for these out of print albums for years so its nice to see the band finally respond.
Indian Summer was never released on vinyl - its the album we have here. The music found the band in a more contemporary setting but with the prog lineage still apparent in their DNA. This edition features new artwork courtesy of Swedish graphic designer Camilla Flink. It includes a 12 page boooklet with photos and the full story about Landberk.
"There had already been a significant change in direction between Landberk's Lonely Land and One Man Tells Another, but nothing that could have foretold the Swedish group's third and final opus, Indian Summer. Shedding its progressive rock skin, Landberk reinvented itself as a mellow alternative-cum-intelligent rock outfit. Some people will be tempted to compare this album to Pink Floyd's atmospheric rock, but it has more bite than that, it is less-polished to the bone, more elemental and emotional, hinting at Radiohead's OK Computer a year before the latter came out. These are slow songs inhabited by understated melodies, atmospheric electric guitars, and slow, thoughtful solos. The album requires some getting used to, especially if you expect something in a more overtly prog rock vein. Tracks like "Humanize," "I Wish I Had a Boat," and "Why Do I Still Sleep" reveal their beauties after repeated listens, once you cannot get their melodies out of your head. "1st of May" and "Dustgod" balance the album by bringing harder-rocking moments, although the attention to detail and mood remain unchanged. The title track closes the album with a heartbreakingly simple guitar piece. This album was cruelly overlooked because, coming out of the '90s prog rock network, it was dismissed as being too uncharacteristic by the fans and yet it was unable to reach the wider audience it was targeting. It deserved to succeed -- you deserved it." - Allmusic