Sweden’s Dungen sweetly return with a collection of gorgeous rippers and graceful jazz filled polyrhythms called Skit I Allt out on Mexican Summer, September 14th. For those who don’t have their English-Svenska Dictionary close at hand when plunking/popping/importing Dungen’s sixth album Skit I Allt into their respective listening devices, let’s make sure the title doesn’t get lost in translation, which is: “Fuck All.”
In what feels like a very short decade, Sweden’s Dungen has mutated at a furious pace. Main man/producer/arranger/singer/golden child Gustav Ejstes’s lone constant has been change. At ease with effervescent pop, third-eye popping psychedelia, heavy rock, spider-web folk and breezy jazz, Dungen’s dynamism astounds throughout Skit I Allt . Rather than remain only Ejstes’ studio vision, Dungen is a muscular full band now. Guitarist Reine Fiske, bassist Mattias Gustavsson, and drummer Johan Holmegard are fully integrated into Ejstes’ vision of Dungen: “Whether you perceive Dungen as a band or as me and my songs and my productions, the band is something totally free."
TOUR DATES
Sep-03 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
Sep-05 Monticello, NY All Tomorrows Parties
Sep-07 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
Sep-08 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Sep-10 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
Sep-11 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
Sep-12 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
Sep-14 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Sep-15 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
Sep-16 Memphis, TN Hi-tone
Sep-17 Dallas, TX The Loft
Sep-18 Austin, TX Mohawk
Sep-22 Phoenix, AZ Rhythm Room
Sep-23 San Diego, CA Casbah
Sep-24 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriets
Sep-25 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Sep-26 Big Sur, CA Henry Miller Library
Sep-29 Oakland, CA New Parish
Oct-01 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
Oct-02 Vancouver, BC Biltmore
Oct-03 Seattle, WA Neumos
Oct-06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
Oct-07 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
Oct-08 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Oct-09 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Oct-10 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern
Oct-12 Burlington, VT TBD
Oct-13 Boston, MA Harpers Ferry
