One of the twins particularly enjoyed the music and danced to their version of Satisfaction - or at least he tried to. Maoist psych rock for children!
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 27 May 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Check Mors Mors for a totally killer 26 minute Sommerlaten.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 27 May 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Also officially released.
basically everything this band has recorded is golden, imo. what i reallllly should spend more time with is the Parson Sound material. listened to the box in its entirety maybe 3-5 times after i bought it, having not heard the CD in years. time for another sesh.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 27 May 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i haven't heard everything by a long shot, but everything i have heard is gold.
― tylerw, Friday, 27 May 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
i really like their new album from a year or two ago! it's good!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 27 May 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
i heard this band on ian's radio show and now i am listening to some seriously extended jamsthis band rules
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
I like two pre-Trad acts better, but yeah they are still great.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
what are those bands? i'm totally uninformed.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
There are actually three: Parsson Sound, Harvester and International Harvester.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
oh! i do know a bit of int'l harvester. will have to dig up some of those releases. on a big trad gras kick lately.
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 July 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
Both int'l albums are great. The cd's have bonus tracks that are worth your while. Not sure if lp copies are available, anyway.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh the second album is credited to just "Harvester," by the way.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
Harvester "Hemat" is a record I have been searching for for some time now! One of my most played CDs.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Can someone help me find something that is not this when I search for International Harvester?
http://www.healthtrucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/International-Harvester.jpg
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://primitive-future.blogspot.com/2010/05/international-harvester-sov-gott-rose.html
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
:)))thankee!
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's an incredible record tbh, i think you'll love it.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
yup it's truly something else
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i will report back once i listen to it!
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-1AEYyw1k
― rip nyc chicken (am0n), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Being is more than life, imo
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://thehornsoundingfaraway.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-05-27-cca-glasgow-trad-gras-och.html
http://thehornsoundingfaraway.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-04-28-cumberland-arms-newcastle.html
― rip nyc chicken (am0n), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
thanx amon.
tbh, that baby grandmothers record will never touch the harvester/trad gras stuff.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
^real talk
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMvPXOdJ2w4
― rip nyc chicken (am0n), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
ok i love this! the combo of song/incidental noises/birds is so dreamy.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
whoa"i mourn you" is so good -- sounds like it's underwater, but it kinda reminds me of listening to unpracticed marching bands for some reasonoverall, A+ thank you!!
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
I am a huge Arbete och Fritid fan.Swedish prog folk^First (and maybe only?) ILM thread I started.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
listened to international harvester tonight and it is totally hypnoticlove
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
I binged on them after this thread revive.Gonna bring Parson Sound to the radio show tomorrow night.Check that one out, for real. It's got a cool radio session medley of It's Only Love->I Mourn You->Sov Gott Rose Marie.And two more hours of unbelievably great Swedish power drone psych wizardry.
That Swedish Prog Folk thread is totally not the only ILM thread I've started lol
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
I have no idea what took me so long, but I finally heard the Parson Sound s/t album. LOVE. I'll just repost what I said 7 mo ago:
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:51 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Sunday, 12 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6ldaGVjEY
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
best track on their final lp imo.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQgKjdwc9A
― Trip Maker, Saturday, 3 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
i am listening to this ^^ right now in order to drown out my coworker's conversation. it's working!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
fuck, awful news. thomas mera gartz, the drummer from pärson sound and träd, gräs och stenar has died, just a couple of days ago. apparently he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital but died the following day, just like that. RIP.
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, that's sad. RIP.
I just found this and it's really good -- long instrumental solo in the middle-end, as I had hoped. anyone heard his solo stuff? I never have (until today). kinda reminds me of bill fay?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukobdt7J-jM
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― the endless white snow has never felt more textile (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
aww damn. RIP. guy was a monster drummer.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Seconded
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
RIP.
― C.C. Sabbathian of the Doom York Yankees (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
RIP, time to play the Parson Sound box
― sleeve, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
shit i loved his drumming. he was the best part of seeing them live, very fluid.
― am0n, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
his solo album was posted to mutant sounds apparentlyi can't check to see if the link still works b/c i am at work, but http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/thomas-mera-gartz-sngerlp1976sweden.html
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
coooool, never heard that. link appears to still be functioning. i take it it's not available to buy?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
I can't say, but I can now vouch for it being totally 100% worth checking out. Shamanjobbarens Sång may inspire some spontaneous folk dancing if played at the appropriate time during the course of an evening. As a whole, it's rather jubilant!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
That's not to say that there aren't lots of contemplative moments too. There are, and freakouts too. It's v enjoyable!
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
never heard that, thanks
― am0n, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
i believe this was thomas mera gartz youtube channel, its got a lot of videos by him and featuring his musichttp://www.youtube.com/user/Meramorr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spvxUKZeibw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qcRS587VN8
― am0n, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
thanks, this is what i expectedhowever, some of the recordings are barely above bootleg quality, and always were, so you get what you were gonna get there.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 10 April 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
xpost Scott (but also applies to sound quality discussion) No doubt, and everybody should enjoy as much of it (and a lot of other things)as they can, for as long as they can. (PS: by "the originals," I meant purchases, not trying to do anything with the promo downloads)
― dow, Sunday, 10 April 2016 01:43 (eight years ago) link
this 3CD thing is packed with so many jams.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
i know i already asked about the sound quality but
can someone who has heard these CDs tell me specifically if the drums are more audible?i like to play along with this band sometimes and usually when i play with a recording, i can easily hear distinctions between what i'm playing and what is on the recording* but with their songs (and international harvester in partic) i can't. either i am the second coming of thomas 'mera' gartz (extremely unlikely) or the drums are barely audible
*first, i am not that good and second, sometimes i like to play a differently accented beat
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
i'm about 2/3 through and the drums are definitely audible. sound quality is better than i expected, really! seriously it is great -- definitely worth the $20.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
yeah, the CDs sounded good to me. i'm glad they had the option. get a little bummed when there is no normal option and only some extra-deluxe thing.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
ok thank yousold!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
vinyl box is sold out, i think. but the cd set and the individual albums still available.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
CD set is better for driving purposes
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
and as noted, like $60 cheaper
a thousand boxed sets. that's impressive. they are already going for more than retail online.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah the CD box is amazing, sounds great, total jams, highly recommended
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
Well I didn't expect this but just announced:
http://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/trad-gras-och-stenar-tack-for-kaffet-thanks-for-the-coffee-cd/SUBL.119CD.html
The long-awaited new album from the legendary pioneers of transcendental psychedelic rock music and DIY culture in general. Tack För Kaffet (Thanks For The Coffee) is a tribute to the deceased band members and dearest friends Torbjörn Abelli and Thomas Mera Gartz. It becomes something of a farewell show for the old Träd, Gräs Och Stenar because all the old and new members, including founder Bo Anders, Torbjörn and Mera, and Reine Fiske (Dungen, The Amazing), are all contributing to this album. The sounds were captured on tape in their music workshop in the countryside and consists mainly of improvised moments where the sounds travels beyond time and space, something that has been TGS hallmark over the years. Perhaps there's a form of melancholy over some of the album, much depending on how cruelly and suddenly Mera and Torbjörn passed away, but also on a little lighter and crazier whim. Everything is recorded live so there are no euphemistic circumstances, rather everything is pared down, bared bone drones, sounds traveling in the magical improvised unknown with no makeup, just as life can be when the feeling has control. A manifestation of improvised timelessly organic music and free creation. Real life!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 April 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
hell yeah
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 7 April 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Wow, I'm quoted in the PR email (from my AMG review of their last album, from 2009).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 7 April 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
guess whati played three versions of "all along the watchtower" (dylan, hendrix, these guys) for my students and which one did they like the best? this one!! they said it sounded "like it was supposed to" (dirgey?) and one student wisely noted, after i told her what the band's name translated to, that it sounded "earthy"
even the 20 year old liked it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmrql7Zhg-c
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
the kids are alright
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
uh i just saw this in my "early warnings" email from my trusty local weekly and now i wonder who their new drummer will be?! are they really touring the USA?!
Träd Gräs och Stenar, Endless Boogie When: Thu., Oct. 4, 9 p.m.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
plying nyc too.
i fuckin caved and bought the international harvester box which is v spendy but also v awesome
― adam, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
is that box on CD yet?
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
current version of the band features Jakob Sjöholm, Reine Fiske (of Dungen fame), and Sigge Krantz on bass and Hanna Österberg on drums.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
iiiiiiiiinterestingi already put it on my calendar, who am i kidding
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
yeah i'm sure it'll be a blast, even if it's not exactly OG TGOS. and endless boogie for god's sake! which band will be able to ride one riff for the longest!!!???
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
will i get a seat at the show that is the question
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
So, saw Trad Gras (and Endless Boogie) Friday night, both opening for Ryley Walker, good night all around. To answer tylerw's question just above, Endless Boogie did two songs...but one was very long. So there's your answer!
Anyway, seeing Trad Gras was kinda like seeing faUSt earlier this summer -- it may be down to one last original member, but it was a way of capturing the spirit and keeping it going, as Reine Fiske said briefly towards the end of the set, and Sigge's presence is its own continuity at this point. Would have been great if I could have seen them in earlier years of the reunion but I was awfully glad to see this, the performances were strong and I was very much in the mood. Glad to have caught them.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
have been listening to the new record traden a lot last month or so. it's excellent! "tamburan".... mmm. getting excited to see them later this week!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 05:06 (five years ago) link
man, they were really great last night. everyone locked into this beautiful, fluid sound. loved it.
thought their current drummer hanna was particularly good. her heavy, lumbering playing driving things forward. perfectly complimented the rest of the band.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 29 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
finally got the träden record months after seeing them with endless boogie, and just here to say how good it is.
― dronestreet, Sunday, 20 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
i hadn't listened to the new träden until a couple weeks ago and uhhh yeah it is amazing!
― tylerw, Sunday, 20 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
I didn't know this band, but they are playing Marfa Myths in April and after listening to Träden I am v. excited to see them play live!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 14 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
nice! you will enjoy -- and if you do there is a lot more where that came from!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 14 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Awww man I missed they had a new album???
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 February 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
it's really good!
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 February 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
I'll give it a listen this weekend!
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
The old speakers of Träd, Gräs och Stenar is up for sale on Swedish eBay. Hand built and just simply beautiful. A work of art! pic.twitter.com/2KJCZwVZLs— Beta Max (@rhizome_in_) June 4, 2022
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 4 June 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SXOItN8zEw
― MaresNest, Monday, 5 June 2023 20:57 (ten months ago) link
The band's oral history book is out now in English, so I made it and them the subject of this week's Substack newsletter.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 16:53 (four months ago) link
thank you for pointing this out; book looks great. hopefully my family also reads burning ambulance and are getting some good ideas for christmas presents
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:17 (four months ago) link
this revive has made me realize that I can buy the LP-only tracks from that huge live box digitally via Bandcamp, hell yeah
I think there are even another two tracks that are digital-only? https://tradgrasochstenar.bandcamp.com/album/tr-d-gr-s-och-stenar
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:27 (four months ago) link
Hoping my book gets here soon.
On another note, does anyone know anything about the label Arcangelo? Amazon shows listings for three upcoming releases from International Harvester on the label - Remains 1, Remains 2 and Remains 3. Looks like a CD reissue of the Remains box set, but weird that it's broken into three discs @ $32 each.
https://www.amazon.com/Remains-2-International-Harvester/dp/B0CL4L21FB
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:30 (four months ago) link
Ordered my book the other day, very happy for that!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:19 (four months ago) link
Discogs says Arcangelo is a Japanese label specializing in prog reissues and archival stuff, so this could be a legit license (and could explain the price).
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:40 (four months ago) link
Thanks, just curious. I've been hoping that would get a CD reissue at some point.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:41 (four months ago) link
Me, too, since there was never any digital version at all — the files I downloaded have (very mild) vinyl crackle because they come from someone ripping their (presumably brand-new at the time) LPs.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:51 (four months ago) link
Recorded over their two day residency, 9.9.16 spans the pastoral, the brooding, and the free-form progg moments of Trad Gras in one oozing zip folder. Their seemingly endless, bucolic bass lines and humble DIY approach create an ever expanding atmosphere of good will - these are surely the nicest guys in rock? The opening 'track' is a 25 minute wigged out version of Harvester's 'När Lingonen Mognar', and 'Stina' is a never before recorded folk-rock track written by the band's close friend Mats G Bengtsson. Spread the word my friends. Reine Fiske / guitar, vocalsSigge Krantz / bass, vocalsTom Watts / drumsJakob Sjöholm / guitar, vocalTracklisting:1. När Lingonen Mognar - 24:182. Kaffe med Tårta - 12:523. Down in the Basement - 11:07 4. Stina - 7:125. Sommarlåten - 13:54 6. Silverffloden - 11:39Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 9th and 10th of September, 2016 by Simon Holliday and Shaun Crook.
Reine Fiske / guitar, vocalsSigge Krantz / bass, vocalsTom Watts / drumsJakob Sjöholm / guitar, vocal
Tracklisting:
1. När Lingonen Mognar - 24:182. Kaffe med Tårta - 12:523. Down in the Basement - 11:07 4. Stina - 7:125. Sommarlåten - 13:54 6. Silverffloden - 11:39
Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 9th and 10th of September, 2016 by Simon Holliday and Shaun Crook.
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/trad-gras-och-stenar-9916/
― Barnaby, Hardly, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 07:45 (three months ago) link