MP3: Lassus - Tummen upp
"Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artister tolkar Förmögenhet" - 29 of Sweden's best underground artists paying tribute to a band you've never heard of. It's actually a fascinating, ballsy concept -- Förmögenhet has released a grand total of one 7" (that's 11 songs) and played maybe 3 shows, yet here they are, immortalized because they made it happen. I'd say that's near-genius. Even better: the music is great. In the same way that the "This is love" comp from a few years back showed how a multitude of artists (some of which reappear here actually) can reinterpret the same song in vastly different ways (it that case, it was all about Haddaway's "What is love"), it goes double here. The pool of songs is larger and so is the variation. For instance, "Tummen upp" appears seven times. Madamm and Other Brothers tackle it as lofi indierock while Ass, BJ Neilsen and Luva bring it into more abstract territory. However it's Lassus' version that's the standout - their languid postpunk take on the song is uniquely beautiful. It doesn't necessarily fit the lyrics most appropriately ("Tummen upp" = thumbs up), but it sounds the best to these ears.
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Lassus - Tummen upp