Dungen : 4

I’m a big fan of Dungen out of Sweden. My first experience was listening to Ta det lugnt back in 2005 and then catching their live show at Minneapolis’ 400 bar that October.

As I wrote then, Dungen’s live show is like Olivia Tremor Control meets Flaming Lips naked on a Swedish alp as Syd Barrett cackles gleefully into an alpenhorn of acid. It’s that good.

Now the group is back with a new album (today!) called 4 on Kemado Records. Not only can you spell and pronounce it, the new studio album complements the swirling psychedelic guitar freakouts with pondering, piano-lead compositions.

Oh, and you still can’t understand the lyrics, but that makes for some good, lubricated singalongs when you see them live.

Dungen : “Satt Att Se” (mp3)

Dungen will play Minneapolis’ 400 Bar on November 4 with Texas duo Headdress.