THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The garage-punk lieutenants of Sweden’s Manikins are back with a bang — their sixth studio album Swedish Woods.
Formed in 1999, this high-energy outfit are known for their intense live shows. They frequently toured Europe and even made it across the pond for a U.S. tour in 2009. Now they’re back and ready to unleash a raw and primitive rock explosion. The album features 12 tracks clocking in at 31 minutes, with the band exploring the more traditional sounds of rock ’n’ roll while keeping the energy and volume levels cranked to the max. Swedish Woods was recorded and produced by the band in their own Omega Studios in Nyköping, with mixing and mastering by Joakim Forsberg.
“After years in solitary, due to the pandemic we’ve been working on new songs and are now ready to share it with the world,” they say. “In the process of the writing we’ve been searching in the back catalogues of the most primitive rock ’n’ roll in history. It’s hard-hitting, trashy, simple yet with a twist of finesse that makes you wanna hear it over and over again. Nothing is so ageless as the dark and massive woods of Sweden, and in a time of turbulence we wanted to create something similar to this in our music. With the classic recipes of rock ’n’ roll that has been used and recycled since the time we had the ability to count 1, 2, 3, 4, we want to describe our contemporary struggles and create sounds and beats that will let you let loose.”
