BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE – Post Vintage (2017)
We have featured two years ago the debut album by Swedes BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE, and now we bring to you in exclusive their new 2017 effort titled “Post Vintage“. It’s a really fitting name for this record, as musically the Stockholm band keeps their classic rock / hard ‘vintage’ style, but updated to modern times.
BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE sounds great on this new album. These guys are tagged as ‘retro rock’ but I don’t think so, because ‘retro’ means trying to capture a bygone era sound and here we find a combination of early ’90s melodic guitars, ’80s hard rock energy and a bit of ’70s glam.
All songs in the new album are built upon rich rhythmic, uptempo mode with the guitars well present, a groovy bass / drum foundation, torn vocals, and nice classy keyboards / organs complementing the sound.
“One By One” is a really good opener driven by an insistent riff a with a catchy chorus, followed by the even more fast paced “Dance” which invites you, indeed, to the dancefloor with its foot-tapping rhythm. Both songs are arena ready rockers, where Pontus Klas Viberg’s vocals have some Cormac Neeson (THE ANSWER) colour.
But not everything is linear. The album presents a lot of stadium-like rockers, but on track 3 “Circles” a whirlwind Hammond organ appears for a dynamic bluesy rock cut akin CAROUSEL VERTIGO.
Next “Something to Gain” is more melodious and like a hymn (love the drums here and the massive chorus), “Rainfall” is a quite ‘vintage’ rocker still updated in sound recalling Swedes CASABLANCA, while “Keepers of the Wild” is a very enjoyable semi-ballad with acoustics throw-in.
“Rebel Soul” returns to the uptempo rockin’ side where the overall feel is almost melodic rock, “No Saint” is propelled by a broken riff and again anthemic harmony vocals, while closer “Loaded Gun” fuse a bluesy melody with a punchy chorus and lots of intensity.
BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE’s previous album was a strong release, and on “Post Vintage” the Swedes have improved in all aspects. There’s a much more focused songwriting, aiming for big arenas. Additionally, the guys strengthened musicianship and production is brighter.
This is classic stuff updated to current sounds, a very mature record and well-made on the whole.
Highly Recommended
You’ve seen it first here, at 0dayrox
01 – One by One
02 – Dance
03 – Circles
04 – Something to Gain
05 – Rainfall
06 – Keepers of the Wild
07 – Rebel Soul
08 – No Saint
09 – Loaded Gun
Pontus Klas Viberg – Vocals, Guitar
Daniel B. Gustafsson – Vocals, Keyboards
Filip Conic – Guitar
Richard Lindström – Drums
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