The Van Desh New EP Review

The Van Desh New EP "Change"

The Van Desh is a band from Norrtälje, Stockholm, Sweden.

Their first album ”It Reminds Me” had a sound where they had picked out the best parts of the 70s. That album was so good, so the expectations for their upcoming EP was big. Often when a band makes an album that is good, it’ s hard to live up to the expectations for the next album and it often falls flat. The Van Desh have on their EP ”Change” lived up to the expectations and delivered an EP just as good as the first album. They might even have raised the bar. It seems like a weight has lifted of the bands shoulders and their is more joy in their music on this EP than on ”It Reminds Me”, that had a darker feeling. 

While making this EP, The Van Desh’s guitarist left the band and they are now introducing Niklas Klaar as the new guitarist in the band.

What I think is good with The Van Desh’s music is that they have the ability to make real music without any add-ons or special sound effects. A key to their unique sound is that they continue to keep the essence of the good 70s music, but make it modern.   

This is a band that plays music as it’s supposed to be, rock that goes back to the basic rock roots. It’s downscaled, simplified and a purer sound than todays music.

When listening to this great EP, I noticed that The Van Desh haven’t filled out their songs with any  ”yeahs” or extra guitar solos, neither do they repeat themselves in the lyrics. The lyrics speaks and says something to you as a listener, it’s not just a catchy chorus.

The first song, ”Change” has a promising intro that makes you wan’t to hear more.

I also think it’s nice to hear a singer that can sing in different tones, without having a high pitch tone/scream like it’s 1985 again. The tone in The Van Desh’s music works with and matches Tommy’s voice perfectly, which makes it all sound cohesive.

You can hear the influences of the 70s, but as I said it’s modern and fresh music. For instance, listen to the organ in the end of ”Don’t Quit”, a nice touch to the song. 

”If I can say one word to describe The Van Desh’s music, it would be quality”, declared a friend of mine when I played the song ”Blackbird”. Quality meaning, this music is worked thru and the lyrics has a meaning. 

The last song on the EP, ”By the Light” just raises the question, when is the next The Van Desh full length album coming? This song should be a radio hit this summer.

Songs on the ”Change” EP: 

1 ”Change”

2 ”Don’t Quit”

3 ”Blackbird”

4 ”By the Light”

☠☠☠☠☠ /5

If you like more serious, melodious, 70s rock music, you’ll definitely like this EP. 

I hope more people will discover this band. They keep it very real and dosen’t depend their music career on cheap unnecessary rock n’ roll clichés that takes the focus of the music. 
My favorite song on this EP is ”Don’t quit.”

You can listen to the EP ”Change” from the mini-player below and download it on Bandcamp and check out The Van Desh’s website for more news. ”Change” will also be available on iTunes the 2th of May.

Latest News From The Rockworld!

The Van Desh are working on a new EP

The Van Desh have been very successful on the international music scene lately and are being played on radiostations all over the world, with their album ”It Reminds Me” and the single”By The Light”. 

The Van Desh are currently in the studio working on a new EP. They have also some news to be announced when the EP is released.

The Van Desh music is for those who like 70’s music, but in a modern touch. This music takes you back in time and slows you down a bit, it’s so refreshed to hear some good solid rock for a change. So just lean back and enjoy. 

Meanwhile waiting for the new EP to be finished, we continue to listen to the great songs that have already been released.
In this mini player you can hear the title track from the album ”It Reminds Me”. 

Crashdïet’s guitar player = the new bassist for Sister

Crashdïet’s guitar player Martin Sweet are taking over the bass playing in the Swedish band ”Sister”. This after Rikki Riot, who have been with the band Sister for 9 years, decided to move on. ”Sister” released their latest album ”Disguised Vultures” in 2014, the album was produced by Martin Sweet. Martin Sweet has been working with Sister for many years. 
We are wishing Rikki good luck for the future and Martin good luck with the new job. 
Crashdïet fans, there is no reason to be worried, in his own words, Crashdïet is still Martins main band.
Check out this Sister teaser. 

Check out this Latest Noize!

Latest Noize from The Van Desh

The latest song from The Van Desh "By the Light" is out now on SoundCloud. Great 70's song with cool riffs and a thick rock-sound. I recommend you to check this out, it's really great! Use this link below.  https://soundcloud.com/thevandeshofficial/by-the-light

Check out this Fresh Noize!

The Van Desh

If you like to listen to the cool bands of the 70’s like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so on The Van Desh is a modern version of that kind of music. They play with 70’s vibes, but not to heavy or dark.

They were formed in late 2010, in Norrtälje, Sweden when Tommy Helgesson, lead singer, Lars Lundin the guitar player, Konny Jeansson the drummer and the bassist Mikael Karlsson played together at a birthday party as a surprise. The guys decided to start an actual band and a bit after this Mårten Strandberg joined the band playing the keyboard. The band started with the name “Haze” but changed it to “The Van Desh” rather quickly after the first gig. A better name if you ask me. 

The band had only plans to record one single. But as it turned out they had enough material to record a full length album, so they decided to go with that idea and shortly after this the band had recorded their first album “It Reminds Me” named after the first song that was ever written by the band. 

Mikael Karlsson, the bass player left The Van Desh in 2014. Now Tommy Helgesson, the lead singer plays the bass.  

The Van Desh has played at numerous famous festivals and clubs both in and around Stockholm. 

Songs to check out: “Lost” with a beautiful piano playing in the background, “It Reminds Me” and “Deathbed”. This album doesn’t seem to come from a new band’s debut album. The complete sound of their music makes me think that they have played together for years. They sound very experienced and Tommy has a voice from the good old 70's era. It seems to be very appreciated in todays modern digitalized music world. Music to clear your head with!    

Website: www.thevandesh.com where you can find lyrics to their songs. Buy their music either on cd or as download. The Van Desh like to stay updated with their fans and also got twitter @TheVanDesh, www.facebook.com/thevandesh, Instagram and YouTube. 

Fun merch-fact: If you buy a The Van Desh mug from their website or use the link below, you’ll get a free download of their song “Broken” as an acoustic version. http://www.dizzyjam.com/products/66722/ 

Their album is also available on iTunes.