Sabotage - Faderskap I Gråzonen

Pretty Shitty Town Records

 

Last year the latest Swedish Oi! outfit Sabotage, featuring members of other Swedish acts such as Contemptuous, Antipati, The Righteous, Vindicate This! and Agent Bulldog, debuted with the great “Betraktelser Från Staktet” 7” EP on Pretty Shitty Town Records, so I didn’t have to think twice when I was asked to review their brand new EP “Faderskap I Gråzonen”. Believing I would receive another 7”, I was pleasantly surprised when the mailman delivered a beautiful looking 12” maxi-EP on green vinyl with reddish/brown splatter!

 

This means twice the fun compared to their debut EP, that featured three songs, with a total of six brand new tracks of Swedish Oi! with a twist. Because if you look at the list of bands Sabotage’s members have played, or are still playing, in, you instantly know that these guys can do the job and they do their jobs well. With that classic clean sound and the Swedish vocals they create an incredible amount of both power and melody much alike The Templars (the track “Kanske Ljuset” is actually a Templars cover with Swedish lyrics), Agent Bulldog or early Perkele.

 

The twist is that Sabotage uses an organ/keyboard in two out of the six songs (“Blå Linjen Blues” and the earlier mentioned “Kanske Ljuset”), which instantly puts a smile on my face while a song like “Vid Vägens Slut” has a very melancholic vibe to it. Then again, I only know a handful of Swedish words so I might be wrong on that one.

 

Something I am definitely not wrong about is that this is an amazing 12” EP. If you liked the debut 7”, you will love “Faderskap I Gråzonen” because Sabotage really took their sound to the next level on this 12”. A must-have if you are into any of the mentioned bands in this review!