Watch Jazz Rockers CRAZY SWEDES New Video for “What’s On Tap”
Progressive jam rockers CRAZY SWEDES have teamed up with us today for the exclusive premiere of their new music video for the blistering track “What happens”. The stunning quartet’s blend of dazzling virtuosity, creative jamming and engaging melodic work is on full display here, along with some massive grooves and electric piano thrown in for good measure. See the clip below.
Speaking of the song, CRAZY SWEDES guitarist Will Severin says: “‘What is happening‘ is one of the funkier numbers on the release and falls somewhere between the jam band and fusion worlds. It has a happy atmosphere and the boys had a lot of fun with it. George (drums) and Erik (bass) laid down a big groove too Rob (keys) and myself to stretch and improvise over. During the production process with our co-producer (Chris Theis) the vocals grew to include a horn section and some ripping trumpet solos courtesy of our friend and honorary Swede Dylan Canterbury.”
The deluxe edition of the band’s self-titled album was released on Friday (September 23) and in addition to the 10 songs featured on the standard version, released last year, it features live covers of Pink Floyd’pp “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and “Stratus” past Billy Cobhamalong with an original acoustic track, “Indigo Chrome”.
Speaking of the deluxe album, Will Severin says: “Many of the other cuts on the Deluxe Edition are hints at our musical influences. All the guys in the band (Rob on keys, George on drums, and Erik on bass) are killer players and bring a lot musically to the table. It is truly an honor to play alongside these guys. For me, it was a big change of pace to go back to just playing guitar again after a few years of singing duties for Infinite Spectrum. With CRAZY SWEDES we all challenge each other, and it’s the perfect band to stretch out and just play.”
Severin adds, “We worked with a Grammy-winning engineer Chris Theis on this one and we’re really happy with how it turned out. Chris and I produced the release to get the feel of the classic fusion recordings that we were inspired by. There’s a lot of variety on the new release, catchy hooks and a very healthy dose of shred!”
An electrifying rock fusion group, CRAZY SWEDES original compositions feature improvisation combined with a mix of jazz, funk and rock against a solid groove. CRAZY SWEDES is a mainly instrumental group that falls somewhere between the worlds of the jazz fusion era of the 70s/80s and today’s jam band scene. Expect the unexpected, from full shredding to eclectic song covers. Where else can you hear Weather report and Led Zeppelin? CRAZY SWEDES members have shared the stage with many acts including Brand X, ELPpp Carl Palmer, Joshua Redwood, Fate warning, Kenwood Dennard, Clay people, The chinand american idolis Madison VanDenburg. Their new release was co-produced by Grammy Winning engineer Chris Theis and CRAZY SWEDES Will Severin and is currently available at most major music stores.
CRAZY SWEDES line-up features: guitarist Will Severinkeyboardist Rob Lindquistbassist Eric Schwankeand drummer George Snyder.