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MATS GRONMARK
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Mats Gronmark released his second solo album Roller Coaster Blues cover here along with the 7" Flake/Dig both out april 21 2012. cover here
The album Tape Hiss Hit or Miss and Sometimes Even Bliss was released in 2009.
reviews can be read here:Americana UK, tram 7, Nöjesguiden, Zero, Nya Upplagan, Upsala Nya Tidning, Gaffa, Smålandsposten, Rootsy, Blaskan, Terrorverlag, Musikreviews.de The Youth Collective, Los Grillos article, Ox Fanzine, Lira
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Reviews of MATS GRONMARK - ROLLER COASTER BLUES in swedish, british and german press
"Odd, weird, but ultimately magnificent"
9 of 10 in Americana UK http://www.rhythmace.se/gronmark/rcb/americanaukreview.jpghttp://www.americana-uk.com
"It's versatile , risk-taking and complex in other words , but always with Gronmarks peculiar voice circulating like a warped, beautiful and very secular guardian angel over the tracks"
4 of 5 in TRAM7 http://www.tram7.se/2012/04/20/mats-gronmark-roller-coaster-blues/
"when the up-hill is passed , it becomes all the more breathtaking. The title track's distorted blues mangle, for example , is an experience that tingles , as well as his peculiar whining voice right between J Mascis , Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Hank Williams"
4 of 6 in NÖJESGUIDEN http://nojesguiden.se/recensioner/musik/mats-gronmark-roller-coaster-blues
"Fans of cracked , rusted and broken swamp blues, alternative country and punk - rock music with self-will , mind , heart and dirt under the fingernails , however , you must discover this artist if you have not done it before"
8 of 10 in ZERO http://www.zeromagazine.nu/rec.asp?id=3406
"White broken blues with tremendous emotion "
4 of 5 in NYA UPPLAGAN http://www.nyaupplagan.se/wordpress/?p=3308
"Mats Gronmarks music is so skewed that it really shouldn't be listenable, but that is one of the mysteries that makes it interesting"
4 of 5 in UPSALA NYA TIDNING http://www.unt.se/kultur/skivor/nya-skivor-1734460.aspx
"A few more songs with that conviction and swagger Rollercoaster Blues would be completely stunning . Now it's just brilliant at times . But that's really more than you ask for "
4 of 6 in GAFFA http://gaffa.se/recension/60009?f=se_fb_fp
"Just as desert-desolate and vibrating as Raymond Raposas Castanets . And the voice is still one of the most unique in this genre "
3 of 5 in SMÅLANDSPOSTEN http://www.smp.se/nyheter/Kultur___N_je/veckans-skivor-20120502%283253708%29.gm
"The raw and the stripped, the angry and the gliding meets the rounded and the fat in a way we haven´t heard before "
ROOTSY" http://www.rootsy.nu/recension.php?id=1947
4 of 5 in BLASKAN http://www.rhythmace.se/gronmark/rcb/recensionblaskanrcb.jpg
"On the second listen it opens up a very special sound - cosmos that has it all "
TERRORVERLAG http://www.terrorverlag.de/rezensionen/mats-groenmark/roller-coaster-blues/
The sound is broken and sore but it certainly doesn´t need any care when it is totally staggering and desert-dripping
4 of 5 in THE YOUTH COLLECTIVE http://www.theyouthcollective.se/2012/06/recension-mats-gronmark-roller-coaster.html
The result is an album that moves fluidly from country-inflected numbers awash in steel guitar to lo-fi dirty blues to garage/psych trippers, all sung in a high, urgent falsetto as twitchy and nervous as it is world-weary
LOS GRILLOS http://www.losgrilloscollective.com/mats-gronmark-roller-coaster-blues
KRITIKER:
http://kritiker.se/skivor/mats-gronmark/roller-coaster-blues/
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TAPE HISS HIT OR MISS AND SOMETIMES EVEN BLISS 2009
4/5 i SUNDSVALLS TIDNING Den forne Burek V-medlemmen har satsat på en solokarriär och gör det med en sådan självklarhet att albumet med den långa och krångliga titeln susar förbi alla köer och tar gräddfilen till klassikerstatus.
Tape Hiss årets debutalbum i MUSIKINDUSTRIN Mats Grönmark sjunger som jag aldrig tidigare har hört någon svensk artist sjunga – ”and I love it”!
HONKYDELUXE/LIRA …bara en av många detaljer i Mats Grönmarks solodebut som gör att den blir ett unikum i svenskt musikliv… Så crazy är det. Så bra…
4/6 i NÖJESGUIDEN Tillsammans med Christian Gabel (1900) och en drös meriterade americanamusiker gör han nämligen storverk med sin gedigna kollektion låtar
8/10 i ZERO Det här är en mångsidig platta: njutbar, älskvärd och väldigt speciell. En skiva utan mellanting. Älska eller hata den.
4/5 I SYDSVENSKAN Total hängivenhet och en estetik som är trotsig och konsekvent. Håkan Engström har lyssnat på "Tape Hiss, Hit or Miss And Sometimes Even Bliss" och gillar vad han hör
4/5 i JOYZINE Mats Grönmark är strålande
8 /10 in Ox Fanzine A real rock´n roll
4/5 i UPSALA NYA TIDNING Det är något som kännetecknar artisterna i och kring det lilla skivbolaget Rhythm Ace recordings så är det att de gör det de företar sig fullt ut
KRITIKER: http://kritiker.se/skivor/mats-gronmark/tape-hiss-hit-or-miss-and-sometimes-even-bliss/
Contact:info[at]rhythmace.se Rhythm Ace Recordings Folkungagatan 144 116 30 Stockholm