Navid Modiri & Gudarna

It was the summer of '09. I was spending three weeks in England, on a beautiful island called Isle of Wight. Here, I met a guy called Robert, and we had a lot in common. One of these things that we had in common was our taste in music. One day he asked me if I've heard about this band, Navid Modiri & Gudarna (translation: Navid Modiri & The Gods), a Gothenburg-based band. I told him that I had never heard of them, but that I would check them out. "Trust me, you've never heard anything like them".
 I got home to Sweden, searched for them on Spotify. At first, I wondered what the fuck this was. My god, Robert was right. Never in history there has been a band like these guys. I've said before that "You've never heard anything like this before!" but this time, this time it's for real.

Navid, who originally comes from Iran, masters the swedish language like no-one else. As far as I know, he is a poet, author, show host on both TV and radio (or, at least he was), a famous blogger and a musician, but hey, this blog is about music, so let's focus.
 I guess that they play some kind of mixture between pop, reggae, folk, and something else with spoken word vocals. The lyrics are political, personal, and many times very metaphorical. (FYI: The first time I listened to I Väntan På Stormen I didn't realize that there was a whole verse about masturbation). Most of the songs just make me want to dance, and is at some points really intense.

They've released three albums so far; Dags För Slagsmål (2005), Många Mil Att Gå (2006), and Allt Jag Har Lärt Mig Hittills (2008). I can't seem to find any good links for rapidshare. I used torrents when I downloaded their albums. I'd say that Många Mil is the best, though they are all very good.

Spotify: Allt Jag Har Lärt Mig Hittills
Myspace

/Jesper