
Four years after the last album The Culture In Memoriam released the third album, "Rest In Pieces", in the end of last year. Behind the artist name we find Victor Håkansson as the only permanent member together with a range of musicians in what Victor calls a music collective. Pavestone pop he calls the music which in more than one way symbolise the music, also in a way like two opposites meet. The beautiful melodies, the string and backing vocals arrangements that give an air of classic bombastic pop from both the sixties and the seventies, and at [...]
A West Side Fabrication continues to quietly release plenty of great music, regardless of whether or not anyone is paying attention, and they've been on a bit of a roll as of late. One such example would be "Sisters" , a beautiful slice of pastoral pop from The Culture In Memoriam that brings to mind similar rustic works from the likes of ex-labelmates The Bear Quartet , Neil Young and so on. Usually I'm not so big on the gentle falsetto as it's often way too much of an affect for my tastes, [...]
Last week, AD phoned Victor Håkansson - the central figure behind The Culture In Memoriam - at his home in the South of Sweden. While they haven't set foot in the U.S. yet, Victor told us about his, um, anticipation for the day he does. He's unsure of when exactly he'll be touring the New [...]