New Music - Dungen - Tio Bitar
New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Dungen, Tio Bitar, the album was just released this week and is in stores now, you can also purchase it from our friends at lala.com for $9.49.
- Fourth full length from Swedish band helmed by wunderkid Gustav Ejstes
- Tio Bitar translates to Ten Pieces but as with previous Dungen records, all lyrics are sung entirely in Swedish
- Ejstes credits an early gift for his mother, a copy of Jimi Hendrix’ Are You Experienced, as a major influence in his life, stating that’s where he discovered and understood what a ‘groove’ was.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
- “It isn’t the sort of artistic statement that promises to change anyone’s life, but it’s no less a great work of escapist art, the sort of essential record I’d pick for any hypothetical list of desert island necessities.” - Stylus Magazine
- “Tio Bitar is Dungen’s most realized album yet and should resonate with anyone who likes rock music at all.” - All Music Guide
- “The influences may be antediluvian but the spirit is timeless.” - BBC Collective
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