April 1, 2011 - You could be Tramp material
Today is the day, Tramp has released their debut album "Indigo". We here at Bootleg Booze are taking care of the vinyl which comes as a 4x7" vinyl set and Killer Cobra Records has released the CD and digital version.
Tramp consist of Markus Karlsson (ex The Turpentines), Stefan Brändström (HFOS), Johannes Borgström (ex Captain Murphy) and Robert Eriksson (ex Hellacopters).
The tramps involved has known eachother for quite some time and has played with eachother in different combos as The Turpentines, Henry Fiat's Open Sore, Captain Murphy & The Hellacopters. In the summer of 2007 Stefan & Markus sprung out from Republikans and contacted Robert & Johannes and formed the new group.
Musically, Tramp weaves together decades of musical heritage. The melodies and harmonies are echoing from the 60's, the attack in the performance has more to do with the ‘70s and some big gestures could be from the 80's. Furthermore, they dig into their own world and weave everything together into something that lives and breathes in its own time.
It sounds British in head-on collision with the U.S. - a healthy cocktail of late '60s psychedelia and garage rock. Like New York punk rockers on a Magical Mystery Tour. Or The Damned spitting out Beach Boys songs. And sometimes as The Who in their best pop costume.
The melodies have their rightful place in the main room, all razor-sharp which makes them cut through glass and some of them sweeter than cotton candy. It does not mean that there is room for a violent turn as well, so palpable that it could get an anvil to start rocking to the beat.
It’s solid, it’s exciting, it’s self-assured, it crackles and hisses, it’s alive and laughing, it feels and it burns. It is Tramp.
-Johan B Hansson Svedberg with help from the hopeless Google Translate & Tramp! Stockholm, January 2011
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The regular version is sold as a 4x7" vinyl set in handstamped paperbags. There is also a limited mailorder edition in a screen printed and hand numbered box that will also include a centerhole adapter.
Note that this is an album and is NOT included in the Boozersclub.
