En Flaska Pilsner (album)

## Description

*En Flaska Pilsner* is the first studio full-length album by Hudik Summer Band, released february 20. 2023. The album had one lead single, *Skrovmål*, released two days before the record. The album was also promoted at the infamous *Live At Lindegårn*, where the band played the song *Basic Noise*.

The album has a much more varied sound than *Benny*, showcasing more adventurous song structures and genres. The repertoir of sounds expanded on this LP to include Country music, Soft Rock, Heavy metal and Disco. The band still sings in a mixture of swedish and english, and the lyrics themselves are a lot more broad, in contrast to the "party-rock" songwriting they had focused on previously. The instrumentation was also expanded, featuring more keyboards and more advanced singing.

## Background, recording & release

After finalizing their first project *Benny*, The band began focusing on rehearsing live and jamming more. Benny Wernstedt began working on the song *40 Folk 40 Grängare* In early october 2022. This song and the title track *En Flaska Pilsner* were the first tracks to be finalized, with the whole layout of the album already planned out in the winter of 2022. Interesting to note is that though the title track was finalized early on, the song had to be remixed and partly rerecorded multiple times, until Johnny was satisfied.

The sessions for the record span about a half year, with the songs mostly being written by Benny and Johnny independently, and also recorded in their respective home studios. Notable is the track *Highway Queen*, Which was the first studio track to feature PerArne on live drums, as opposed to a drum machine. The final track to be recorded was *Bombay Gin*, being finalized on february 17th. The single for the album *Skrovmål*, was also recorded late, around the same time as Highway queen. The album was all done and released on february 20, and although not being featured on the album, the band released a single with a cover of The Doors' song *You make me real*, recorded during the albums sessions. While the Single for *You Make Me Real* was released before the record, another song recorded during the sessions that did not make the album cut was *OKQ8*, a Göran Persson composition reworked by Johnny Eastwood. The song was released as a single in early March.

## Tracklisting & personnel

### Tracklist

The songwriter is credited next to the song names

#### **Side A**

* *Borsta Tänderna (Skit låt 1)* - Eastwood/Wernstedt
* *40 Folk 40 Grängare* - Wernstedt
* *Jag Är Hungrig* - Wernstedt
* *Highway Queen -* Wernstedt/PerArne
* *Försäkringar* - Wernstedt
* *Basic Noise* - Eastwood

#### **Side B**

* *I Love My Harley* - Wernstedt
* *The Race Is On* - Don Rollins
* *Bombay Gin* - Wernstedt
* *Skrovmål* - Eastwood
* *Mellerads* - Wernstedt
* *En Flaska Pilsner* - Eastwood

### Personnel

Due to being mostly independently recorded, Benny & Johnny play most of the instruments themselves, Although the band credits the members with their main instruments on the soundcloud page.

#### Hudik Summer Band

* Johnny Eastwood: Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Piano, Clavinet, Electric Organ, Drum machines, Vocals, Beer can, Songwriting, programming, Production and Album cover design

* Benny Wernstedt: Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Synthesizer, Electric Organ, Drum machines, Vocals, Songwriting, Programming and Production.

* PerArne: Drumset, Songwriting.

#### Additional Musicians

* Hjorton Cloutpong: Electric Guitar, Accordion & production.