Label: Walhalla Records (Germany), WH 90312 TB 01
Style: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Psych
Country: Iceland
Time: 74:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 443 Mb
The band was formed in 1969 as an Icelandic supergroup composed of members of the bands Hljomar and Flowers. Their eponymous first album was released that same year, a collection of orchestral and organ-backed pop songs which included covers of The Beatles"s "Things We Said Today", The Supremes"s "My World Is Empty Without You" and Jose Feliciano"s "Rain", as well as a five-minute mini-opera "Elskaou Naungann", which was based on Richard Wagner"s Tannhauser.
While the first album is entirely in Icelandic, later albums featured more English singing, which was at the time controversial in Iceland. 1971"s Lifun came in an octagonal cover.
Several members of this band would become part of the group Nattura, who released one album in 1972. Trubrot itself broke up in 1973.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%BAbrot)
Trubrot was the first supergroup ever founded in Iceland. It was created in May 1969 when leading members of ‘Hljomar" (Sounds) and ‘Flowers" set out to create the finest Icelandic rock group of all time. Guitarist and composer Gunnar Thorgarson, bass player and singer Runar Juliusson and lead vocalist Shady Owens of Hljomar had been plotting this for some months, along with organist Karl Sighvatsson and drummer Gunnar Jokull Hakonarson of Flowers, before the band"s genesis was announced publicly. These were troubled times and Trubrot had countless hurdles to overcome before the band eventually fell apart early in 1973. After the debut album was released in December 1969 by EMI. After this album vocalist Shady Owens announced that she was quitting. Trubrot recorded 3 more albums which will be released on Shadoks too. Tony Branwell of Apple Records was saying these were one of the two best bands he had seen perform on stage in the preceding six months. Really cool underground album full of musical ideas and well-crafted music, male & female vocals. The music should hit the same listener as UK bands such as Blossom Toes, Billy Nichols, underground with a touch of pop.
(lightintheattic.net/releases/1231-trubrot)
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