Oh Lucky Star 
A Place in the Sun 
(Rhythm Ace/Border) 

Instrumental guitar-rock is a so much fenced-in 
style that it resembles a sect.
The boundaries are laid down, the ideals medieval, 
the audience is tight and as strict as only the 
righteous tend to get.
Oh Lucky Star is a trio from Stockholm that manage 
to step right into this genre and actually sound as 
they dictate their own rules.
Without being that experimental either. 
In the pressrelease influences like the jazz-pioneer 
Charlie Christian and modern african guitar heroes 
are mentioned. But it doesn´t quite sound that exotic.
Actually just like garage-rock.Straight and electric 
and with a likeable jumpy rhythm and with a range 
all the way from rowdy thunder to a shivering build of 
tension. And yes, maybe with a bit of old jazz in the 
groove. Behind Oh Lucky Star is a trio of musicians 
from Eve and the Last Waltz, Burek V and Lee Marvelous, 
but none of those bands have the same sure identity
as this little side-project.

Nils Hanson, Dagens Nyheter Swedens leading daily.