Polythene Records

Lars Cleveman (photo: Bengt Alm)
Opera tenor Lars Cleveman to release his third solo album as a rock artist
”This may well be the most important Swedish record of 2009” (Jonas Almqvist, The Leather Nun)
This is Swedish rock music at its finest. Lars Cleveman, one of the most renowned opera singers – in Sweden as well as internationally, also boasts a long legacy as a rock artist, as a solo performer and as one of the founding members of the absurdistic, nihilistic post punk-combo Dom Dummaste (The Dum Dum Boys).
”Voices in my head” is Lars Cleveman..s third solo album since his debut solo album ”Cleveman” (1985). The album, produced by Björn Öqvist, is divided into two parts.
Part One opens with a controlled chaos of four New York-rock inspired tunes where Lars Cleveman is backed by The Plastic Pals – ”Not your friend” being perhaps Cleveman..s most immideate tune ever. The lightly etheric synthesizer based instrumental ”Flower Child” functions as bridge into Part Two.
The first two tunes of Part Two sees Cleveman returning to his long time collaboration with his parther from Dom Dummaste, Martin Rössel. The latest collaboration between the two was on the album ”Prayer of love” (2005). On the last three tracks a couple of the members from The Plastic Pals return: Håkan Soold, guitar and Olov Öqvist, percussion. The album closes with the almost impudently beautiful ballad ”Friends”: ”There are thousands of voices in my head. My best friends are those who died.”
Large parts of the album ”Voices in my head” will be performed live at a release show at Teaterstudio Lederman, Stockholm, Saturday March 14.
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We at Polythene Records are very excited and proud about this release, which will be the second from us. The first one being The Plastic Pals "Good Karma Café (September 2008).