BAF 18053 TAGES "Studio"
TAGES STUDIO
Tages – Studio
They could have been bigger than the Beatles. Well of course not, but they were the biggest and best pop band to come out of Sweden in the ‘60s. Before this record they were a straight up beat pop rock and roll band, having released two albums in Sweden that were huge hits there.
Come ’67 they wanted to expand their sound. Influenced, like everyone, by The Beatles, they sojourned into the belly of the best, Abbey Road Studios, to make this lovely record that couldn’t have been more aptly named. What they came out with was less indebted to the Beatles and more to the psych pop that bands like The Zombies were making.
You have the warped guitar and stomping drums of “It’s My Life”. Leadoff track “Have You Seen Your Brother Lately”’s string driven opening gives way to a perfectly lovely whimsy vocal juxtaposed with driving drums and what seems to be a harpsichord hypnotically popping in and out. “Seeing With Love” is a heady mix of string orchestration, keyboards, reverb drenched vocals, trumpet, tuba and a kazoo deep in the background. It’s another one of those records that reveals itself the more you listen to it. No they never got big outside of their home country but don’t let that stop you from sinking into this finely crafted piece of work. It’s a treat, [P.P.]
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/best-psychedelic-rock-albums-summer-of-love-1967/
