The fourth and final album from this band from Norway.
The band was a seven piece big band on this album with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
This band grew out of bands like Bazar and Folque. But it is most known as Anne Grete Preus first band. She is one of the best ever songwriters and artists Norway has ever seen. She sadly passed away some years ago. She is still very much missed and loved.
Veslefrikk released three studio albums. This album, the Live album, is though their most known and popular album. I bought it on a sales of just re-released albums on CDs, the brilliant Norske Albumklassikere på CD series.
This band was an Oslo through and through band. It was a band for and about the only real big city in Norway, the capitol Oslo. The band therefore felt a bit alien to the rest of us Norwegians. I never really got Veslefrikk......
The music is an energy filled restless mix of punk, ska, folk rock and pub rock.
The music is youthful and it also surprisingly has a lot of musical quality. Even some pretty long guitar solos.
The album sounds a bit dated. Nevertheless, this is a decent enough album and for me a good historical document about a time and a scene I never really understood. It still feels alien to me, anno 2023. Then again, I grew up in rural Norway.
2 points
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