Songs From a Two-Room Chapel

by Christian Kjellvander

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 October 2002
  • Label: Startracks
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 42:10
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After fronting the influential alt-country band Loosegoats, the Swedish songwriter embraces a deeply intimate, solitary sound for his solo debut. The record weaves rich Americana influences into a sombre, acoustic framework defined by his profound, bittersweet baritone.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, pagan, shamanism, mythology

Tracklist

  1. Homeward Rolling Soldier (3:54)
  2. Words in the Wires (3:09)
  3. Allelujah (5:09)
  4. Broken Wheels (4:13)
  5. Log at 25 (4:52)
  6. Oh Night (3:41)
  7. Deliverance (4:24)
  8. Polish Daughter (4:22)
  9. At the Rapids (4:00)
  10. Rid (4:20)

Credits

  • Tomas Ebrelius - arranged by [strings], violin, bass
  • Anders Tingsek - backing vocals, bass
  • Per Nordmark - drums, percussion, timpani
  • Dan Englund - piano, guitar [silvertone], accordion, keyboards [casio], organ [b3], spinet [spinette]
  • Daniel Frank - guitar, backing vocals, electric guitar, mandolin
  • Magnus Tingsek - pedal steel guitar
  • Hanna Hajslund-Hansen - violin
  • Gustaf Kjellvander - saw, written-by

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