Electric Boys
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A metal carpet ride from the Swedes, sure, just not a funky one.
A year ago, Electric Boys’ enduring frontman and part-time Hanoi Rocks guitarist Conny Bloom released a fun but confounding (to most of us) solo album in his native Swedish. The music was mostly 60s-influenced pop with some jazzy moments. It did not sound at all like the rubbery, bass-popping, party-hearty glam of his main band’s late-80s Funk O Metal Carpet Ride heyday, or even their bluesy, 70s-inspired 2018 album Ghost Ward Diaries. So who knows where the Boys would go next, particularly during these exceedingly weird times.
obviously seemed like the most logical choice. Bloom and original bassist Andy Christell are joined this time by new guitarist Slim Thomander and fill-in drummer Jolle Atlagic, and collectively they’ve crafted probably the most mature classic rock-oriented album of their career. In the past the Electric Boys were known for being goofballs, really. Between Bloom’s Bolan frizz and open-blouse rock-star preening and their deliciously cheesy ‘funk metal’, they made fun, hedonistic rock’n’roll as airy and
