Summary from 16 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Dungen's catalog across 8 albums from 16 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Dungen album is Ta Det Lugnt (2004) with a 8.9/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Allas Sak and 4. The discography on Wavelength spans 2001 to 2022.
Ta Det Lugnt
“Despite the constant influx of catchphrase-coordinated marketing campaigns that would lead you to believe that life-affirming records are released daily, it's forever rare to stumble upon one as consistently mind-blowing and aesthetically far-reaching as Dungen's *Ta Det Lugnt*. Because of this scarcity, when such an unexpected (and immediate) discovery *does* take place, it's like being struck by”
En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog
“Classic turntable-ism. Skittering drum and bass. Soothing melodicism. Muscle-flexing swagger. Hushed contemplation. Space jazz duets for fuzzed-out organ and kosmische synths. The list of components for En Är För Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog suggests Dungen have worked up an acute identity crisis since 2015’s beautifully subdued Allas Sak and its instrumental follow-up Häxan (2016). Songwriter Gus”
Häxan
“The Anglophone music press is often guilty of assuming that all music hails from Anglophone shores. Or at least is heavily influenced by music that does. The mention of prog rock will therefore elicit reminiscences (laments?) of the hazy halcyon days of King Crimson and the Canterbury scene. And yet at the same time Sweden was creating a vibrant prog scene of its own. It’s a lineage Dungen are pro”
Allas Sak
“Ten years on from the minor psych-rock renaissance that birthed them, the Swedish quartet have proved surprisingly durable, even influential*. Allas Sak* finds the band fully re-engaged in the sound that they have staked out over the past decade—performing music that’s still as beautiful, optimistic, strange, and singular as ever.”
4
“When I first heard Swedish psych outfit Dungen via the 2004 international breakthrough album *Ta Det Lugnt*, Gustav Ejstes' lyrics could've been as dopey as Neil Diamond's "Porcupine Pie" for all I knew. Turns out they weren't, really, but for someone who doesn't comprehend Swedish that's simply a safety net. The important thing was Ejstes' voice-- a rich, multitracked sharp/sweet melodic hum whic”
Tio Bitar
“After extensive touring, reissuing older material, and recasting their breakthrough album, 2004's Ta Det Lugnt, Gustav Ejstes and company finally release their follow-up, on which they explore the mellower side of psychedelia.”
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