NEW ALBUMS
DUNGEN
En Är För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog MEXICANSUMMER
7/10
Freak rock album update by Swedish pyschonauts
Sweden’s mighty Dungen are back, with Gustav Ejstes’s first proper studio album since 2015 – although there has been a live record, a soundtrack and a collaboration with Woods since then. Partly influenced by ’90s dance, One Is Too Much And A Thousand Is Never Enough successfully blends a smudge of electronics with the group’s more typical late-’60s freakbeat/heavy rock/psych-folk feel, with dance beats abetting the Cream-aping energy of “Om Det Finns Något Som Du Vill Fråga Mig” and the weird Soft Machine-like “Möbler”. The rhythmic drum and bass of “Var Har Du Varit?” isa noticeable departure, bringing an almost Tropicália groove to proceedings. A welcome return.