

Playlist:
Carousel - Parker Lewis
Shake along, son - The Happy People
Himlen - Autisterna
Bellystings - The Second Band
No Love - Let's Be Honeys
Starlit Queen - Bjorn Kleinhenz
Love is a vegetarian - Kandahar
A few good men - Loney, dear
Winter tour - Britta Persson
Say goodbye - Maia Hirasawa
Hours pass like centuries - Taken By Trees
Lucky moments - Bobby Baby
God knows - El Perro Del Mar
Dreams and lies - Laurel Music
Book Cover - A Smile And A Ribbon
Monday morning - The Charade
Vi kommer att do samtidigt - Sakert
This boy - I'm From Barcelona
What others said:
From The Next Big Thing, http://nextbigthing.blogspot.com
SOS kicked off this year's antics with a show at Nice'n'Sleazy. It seems
to have been refurbished since I was last there and was surprised not to be
sticking to the floor. The name has connotations with The Stranglers for me
and that's not good. Anyway, it was a pleasant shindig with a decent turnout
for Vapnet (pronounced Wapnet). They make a sound not unlike Bob Hund swapping
blows with OMD.
After a couple of bursts of a black metal direction courtesy of the PA, the
evening settled down and the band laid their morricone mariachi pop stylings
upon us. Per Olof and Jesper from the HS brass action combo were there and
the singer in Vapnet, Martin also duets with Annika on the Sakert album. Like
that, all of the songs were in Swedish but it didn't matter a jot. Apparently
the last song in the set was about all the people they hate but not done with
a hateful sound. Hopefully they'll come back and play again. For longer. With
a PA that hasn't been handled by some Norwegian church burners.
Openers, Skeleton Bob weren't bad either. They did a cheeky wee version of
"Mamma Mia". Might have played a wee bit too long, but when they get around
to pacing their set then who knows, they could leave people wanting more.
From The Skinny (http://www.skinnymag.co.uk):
Vapnet and Skeleton Bob @ Nice n' Sleazys, 24 Jan
Written by Colin Chapman
A Glasgow outlet for “Scandinavia’s finest purveyors of pop”, this particular
‘Sounds of Sweden’ gives Gothenburg’s Vapnet their Scottish debut.
In support come local trio Skeleton Bob, whose gentle, country-tinged reflections
give us Americana viewed through a Glaswegian's pint-glass. Despite no Swedish
connection they give the night’s theme a nod, upping the tempo with a cover
of Abba’s ‘Mamma Mia’.
Despite some monitor problems threatening to scupper their gig, Vapnet eventually
follow, the sextet easily filling Sleazys’ small stage. Offering a broad musical
palette, at various points they combined flute, acoustic and electric guitar,
melodica, trumpet, sax, triangle and xylophone, all atop an electronic drumbeat.
An off-hand comparison could be made with earlier Belle and Sebastian output.
An inquisitive request for some lyric interpretation helpfully reveals that
they touch upon low-self esteem, bullying and unrequited love and this certainly
matches the outfit's somewhat vulnerable sound.
3/5

