REVIEWS OF
MATS GRÖNMARK - TAPE HISS HIT OR MISS AND SOMETIMES EVEN BLISS
"...The former Burek V-member has gone for a solo-career and does it with such self-confidence that the album (with the long and complicated title) whizzes itself past all lines and
grabs the fast-lane to the status of a classic..." 4/5
"...Therefore it was with great joy I discovered what a great album the new
Mats Grönmark CD is. Pour a big glass of ice-tea, sit yourselves down on the porch (or balcony might be more likely) put on Tape Hiss Hit or Miss and Sometimes Even Bliss and just relish..."
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"Han har en originell röst, en stämma du antingen älskar eller hatar, och hans lätt bisarra, rubbade, vackra och vanvettiga alternativcountry- och rockmusik är för all del åt lo-fi-hållet, men framförallt är den väldigt osvensk och egensinnig" 8/10
"...It's in his odd phrasing, in his unconstrained relation to the unsteady rhythm, his total devotion as a singer; an esthetic that is as defiant as it is consistent..." 4/5
"...With Christian Gabel (1900) and a bunch of qualified americana-musicians he makes
wonders with his genuine collection of songs..." 4/6
"...A popmelody is crossed by a funky soul-bass, some punk is hidden inside a cruel Crazy Horse riff, some honky-tonk, in other places the riffing will go right on and make your sideburns curl themselves up.In the pressrelease it says 50's country, turkish synth-disco, americana and steel-guitar funk. It's that crazy. It´s that good..."
"...Now when Mats Grönmark, who used to with Eve and the Last Waltz, Burek V and Hellon makes
his debut, he does it with an alternative-country that if anything deserves the increased genre
description alternative-alternativecountry..." 4/5
"...From shaggy wobbly country to Dinosaur Jr-rock to...something utterly
personal. Mats Grönmark sings in a way I have never heard a swedish artist sing
before – ”and I love it”!..." Best right now in
"Just real rock´n roll" " 8/10
"...he has something that is his own and it is beautiful in some weird kind of way..." 3/5
"...a voice to love or hate..." 3/5
"Interesting, but weird " IKON
"sicher nicht jedermanns Sache, aber bemerkenswert eigen." TERRORVERLAG or Hififi und Sterereo
"A different album that probably would differ from most of the stuff that has been released in the swedish music marketplace" BLASKAN
"Memory Lake” for example is a scruffy ”Helpless” in a 6/8 tempo" VÄSTERBOTTENS FOLKBLAD