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Who was it that said rock ‘n roll is dead?
Well find me a voodoo doctor, ‘cause Dollhouse
gone and done revived some “high energy rock
‘n soul” on their debut full-length
album, The Rock and Soul Circus.
And what a circus it is, with high-flying guitar
solos, contorting vocals and a balancing pyramid
of classic rock sound.
I must admit, I was nervous at first to hear
what this quartet of Swedes had to offer (Swedish
nü metal has left me traumatized), but these
guys have found a unique balance of being Swedish
and rocking. The sound of original late ‘60s,
early ‘70s rock and roll is unmistakable,
with clear tints of Led Zeppelin and the MC5.
Not surprisingly, MC5’s bass player, Michael
Davis, who also backs the band on their
MC5 cover of “The Human Being Lawnmower,”
produced the record.
What the album comes down to is this: this sound
is neither new nor unheard of, but sounds fantabulous
nonetheless. Most of the tracks sound akin to
one another, no one song stands out from the other,
and it’s as clear as a contortionist’s
pyrex cube that these boys would put on an amazingly
high-energy live show. And one useless but interesting
reason they’re cool: their bassist’s
name is Yoda (Hassinen). Shit,
sign me up when this circus rolls into town!
www.kiss.to/dollhouse
www.dimmak.com
-Anne Vil
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