The local newspaper ‘Corren’ made a really honest interview with Jesper. This is from 18th of April this year. Here follows some kind of bad english translation.
The Linköping quartet Skogen Brinner will release their debut album in mid-April at the renowned Swedish underground company Subliminal Sounds. But the singer Jesper Aronsson says he feels quite good to keep on playing in a pretend band. To claim that Skogen Brinner has worked for their obscure celebrity status is wrong. It’s rather that you can’t hide talent and good music, even though how much you try to be invisible and selective with your appearances.
- It’s both nice and a little sad for us, admits Jesper a bit questionable. We don’t like ourselves that much, so to speak, but it’s fun to play. The nervousness I had in the beginning and that I didn’t want to play has disappeared, but there’s still some left. But the guitarist David Forsberg’s nervousness has tripled instead, so he who was the driving person in the beginning has taken over all that.
Skogen Brinner has Sweden’s worst collective self-confidence, I have never heard them be satisfied with anything they’ve done. Now you Jesper, David Forsberg, drummer Jonatan Eriksson and bassist Joel Carnstam has recorded an album, anyway, do I dare to ask if you are satisfied?
- Well, I’m surprised that we finished it. There are always things you want to do differently and obviously things you are not happy with.
During the early seventies, the musical era that’s the basis for Skogen Brinner’s self expression did bands release two albums a year and in between that touring for several months. Maybe you shouldn’t work too much on the details?
- Maybe that’s what we should strive for, says Jesper. Just drop it and get it rough. We want to have the roughness, it’s just that we come up with new ideas all the time.
One can’t accuse you of being some perfectionists.
- No it’s rough and warped. It’s what we’ve always thought was good, it makes it a little more alive.
Skogen Brinners debut album was recorded with Jörgen Wärnström in his studio in Normlösa. Suitable, since the band’s music and lyrics have a close connection to the nature.
- It was back to my childhood neighborhood, I lived only one kilometer away when I grew up. Jörgen had great patience with us in the way that we are never satisfied with anything, something that was very needed.
Subliminal Sounds has previously released albums by among other Dungen and Kebnekajse.
- Yes, there have not been any “pretend bands” until we arrived.
Pretend band?
- Yes, laughs Jesper. We are not as professional as others, those who can play for real. I don’t even know if it’s possible to be a real band nowadays, I get along pretty well with being a pretend band.
