In 2004 I slobbered over Dungen’s Ta Det Lugnt, but none of Gustav Ejstes & Co’s earlier (Dungen, Stadsvandringar) or subsequent (Tio Bitar, 4) slabs of Swedish psych have hit me the same way or felt as important. Here’s hoping for a swift kick/return to mid-oeuvre form via sixth album Skit I All (promisingly translated “Fuck All”). Closer “Marken Låg Stilla” is a spacious lazy-day pastoral.

• Dungen – “Marken Låg Stilla” 

Skit I All:

01 “Vara Snabb”
02 “Min Enda Vän”
03 “Brallor”
04 “Soda”
05 “Högdalstoppen”
06 “Skit I Allt”
07 “Barnen Undrar”
08 “Blandband”
09 “Nästa Sommar”
10 “Marken Låg Stilla”

Skit I Allt is out 9/14 via Mexican Summer in North America and Subliminal Sounds elsewhere. They’ll be in North American this fall:

09/03 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
09/05 – Monticello, NY @ All Tomorrows Parties
09/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #
09/08 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar #
09/10 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre
09/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
09/12 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
09/14 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
09/15 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
09/16 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
09/17 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft
09/18 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
09/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
09/23 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
09/24 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
09/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
09/26 – Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library
09/29 – Oakland, CA @ New Parish
10/01 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios %
10/02 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Biltmore %
10/03 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos %
10/06 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock %
10/07 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall %
10/08 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick %
10/09 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop %
10/10 – Toronto, Ontario @ Horseshoe Tavern %
10/12 – Burlington, VT @ TBD %
10/13 – Boston, MA @ Harpers Ferry %

# w/ Wooden Shjips
% w/ the Entrance Band