FRESH: Mårten Lärka En dag om året
Mårten Lärka En dag om året is available on Spotify, Deezer, Tidal
by Walter Price
Are you one of those naysayers who think music isn’t a gateway to other art forms? A simpleton you’ll be no more as one of our favorite avant-garde pop/rock purveyors Mårten Lärka has an ode to the famed (yet new to me and probably you) Swedish poet, Stig Dagerman.
“En dag om året” (One Day a Year), a poem/song released into the wild in 1954 finds new life as a jaunty rock song at the hands of Lärka and his crew of merrymakers. Swirling Farfisa Foyer, 1960s backbeat and a word-for-lovely-word vocalizing of the poet’s cherished words. Go on, sing along…
En dag om året borde alla låtsas
Att döden vilar i ett vitt schatull
Inga stora illusioner krossas
Och ingen skjuts för fyra dollars skull
Världskatastrofen sover lugnt och stilla
Emellan lakan på ett snyggt hotell
Inget rep gör någon broder illa
Och ingen syster slumrar vid ett slutet spjäll
Inga män blir plötsligt sönderbrända
Och ingen dör på gatorna just då
Visst är det lögn det kan väl hända
Jag bara säger vi kan låtsas så
The journey to unfamiliar and beautiful artists takes many meandering paths. In today’s example, Mårten Lärka links us all to the short but brilliant career of Stig Dagerman. And we offer thanks to both artists.
“En dag om året” is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Två dagar om året’, which is expected 17th of November. You can stream the single and see the studio shenanigans music video, here at the GTC.
Mårten Lärka En dag om året
Photo(s) by Joakim Brolin // Quote via Wiki
“En dag om året”
Recorded at Tambourine Studios by Joar Sylvan
Drums: Martin Hellquist
Bass: Lars Ohlsson
Farfisa Foyer: Albin Johansson
Guitar and vocal: Mårten Lärka
Mastered by Jonas Siöström at Dynamic Audio
Production: Banana Boys & Joar Sylvan
Photo: Joakim Brolin
Make up: Petra Shara Stoor
Artwork: Båpa
Label: COMEDIA
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“Dagerman is representative of the Swedish literary movement fyrtiotalism. His works deal with universal problems of morality and conscience, of sexuality and social philosophy, of love, compassion, justice,[2]: 14 fear, guilt, and loneliness. Despite the somber content, he also displays a wry sense of humor that occasionally turns his writing into burlesque or satire.” – Wiki