Amund Maarud - Volt

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2015
Time: 36:18 
Size: 84,0 MB 
Label: Snaxville Recordings
Styles:Rock/Blues Rock/Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. No Love Between Us - 3:31
 2. Wildchild - 4:14
 3. Love That Burns - 5:50
 4. Sticky - 2:44
 5. Lovelights - 3:53
 6. Her Favourite One (Album Remix) - 3:37
 7. Tears of Rage - 3:46
 8. Burning - 2:35
 9. Catch up with You - 2:56
10. 12 Step Waltz - 3:09

The Black Crowes and The Raconteurs? Great! The Black Keys and Gary Clark Jr.? OK. Kings Of Leon? Please! They are to rock music in general as Mumford & Sons are to roots rock in particular. Totally irrelevant. And uninteresting. These are some of the references mentioned in the press release for this record. Without being able to hear everything again here. And that's fair enough. In any case, Maarud stands on his own two feet. He has been doing that for a long time.After four releases as a band member, he went solo in 2011. With good luck. He received nominations for Spellemann on his first two solo records. And the price for "Electric" in 2011. But now it is 2015 and "Volt" that apply. "12 Step Waltz" is probably as much a limping ballad as a waltz. Magnificent in an understated way. But very, very good. OK, pretty much calm down.But on "Burning" the album catches fire. Pressure and volume. Instrumentation and choirs will increase. Blues and garage rock with oriental hints. "Gonna Catch Up" takes the garage rock genre even further. With some hints of soul, we also approach Lee Bain's III. Without Maarud somehow disappearing.The drumming is more modern on "Her Favorite One". Here he gets help from Malin Pettersen with vocals. And otherwise, this is the song so far that has the clearest inspiration from Jack White and The White Stripes. With rather heavy keyboards. On the border of the Krakil and psychedelic. And absolutely fantastic. "Love That Burns" brings it all down again. It is almost a quiet march. But still with the previously mentioned element included. But with the main instruments piano and organ. However, with howling guitar towards the end. It's almost as if Screaming Jay Hawkins' sedate cousin stopped by on "Lovelights". A bit of 50s and 60s-inspired soul music from Småkrakil."No Love Between Us" takes hold of the present and is in many ways as elegantly retrospective as Alabama Shakes. And is particularly similar in the introduction to the latter. Pressed again on “Sticky”. And again, I think he approaches the expression and intensity of Lee Bains III."Wildchild" is not the album's calmest song, but the most beautiful melody, the best song. Simply.And Maarud sings very well. Again visit the soul rock. With strategically placed guitar attacks along the way.The record is rounded off with "Tears Of Rage", with a bit of blues-infused Led Zeppelin rock. Now I dislike the British band quite strongly. But it's probably more about the concept than the music. Maarud's song is in any case big. And ensures a nice and good ending. Now I don't know where Maarud feels he is in his career, this is anyway his best record so far.This article was previously published in the column "Platearbeidaren" in Firdaposten 12.03.15 to roll 5 and is reproduced with permission.

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