Sound Injections and The Monitors give their verdict on Sunny Afternoon by Josefin Öhrn and The Liberation

Josefin Öhrn and The Liberation - Sunny Afternoon

It’s rare to come across in such a stimulating psychedelic experience nowadays! Stockholm’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation may sing about a Sunny Afternoon but the music itself goes beyond clearness! Raw, energetic, kind of kraut in bone structure but build between in thick walls, thundering guitars, ghostly keys, bombastic drumming with Josefin’s vocals welcome the apocalypse, this one will haunt your senses while you’re hynotized to its sensational groove! Perfection….

See the full piece here: Sound Injections

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It’s fair to say Stockholm’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation aren’t lazing on this ‘Sunny Afternoon’; from the rolling toms to the pounding piano keys, this starts at a determined pace and doesn’t let up. Whether it’s enough for them to overtake Goat as the most madcap Swedish group on Rocket Recordings (let alone the truly pulverising new sounds suddenly emerging from their English labelmates Teeth of the Sea) is debatable, but the little staccato burst of distortion that repeats throughout the track keeps it all hung together satisfyingly.

See the full piece here: The Monitors

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