(Before u read this one u might like to know that ‘Brunskog’ is the name of the area where Johannes live and that ‘Stureplan’ is a very hip -brats- area in Swedens capital Stockholm).

DALADEMOKRATEN (Newspaper)

Forest Rock from Brunskog.

Forest Rock, a new concept in Swedish music. It was actually Paganus that created this concept when their first album, which was named ForestRock, came out. Forest Rock should not be confused with Hillbilly rock, which is something completely different. Forest Rock should also be the sub genre used to describe this new album. Though Kalla is more, a cry from the wilderness (-ish), or at least the countryside.
Paganus has been compared to Jethro Tull and it is not entirely wrong, but there is something more Swedish to the mix of folk music and rock. And somewhere behind all that Brunskog is almost visible.
This is political music, not party political but more Mother Earth-type of politics. The texts are accompanied by the grooviest music you can imgaine.
Johannes Söderqvist is the singer, rhythm guitarist and the one who write the songs. Naturally he lives in the middle of the woods, outside Brunskog, and is a bit of a self-sufficiency guy. It is left-wing, it is green party, but still not attached to a party… rather a bit of green wave…. no not that either… it is a call to take care of the planet we share. A call that is above the governmental and political bickering.
It should be added that the members of Paganus can play. You’ll meet a drummer who’ve played with the Sinfonic Orchestra of Wermland and a violinist who is an award winning folk music fiddler. And yes, they are both girls – if that is specially interesting. Paganus have something to say, but also is entertaining.
Regarding Paganus first CD it has been said to be the “first organic rock album” and that the band is on “a crusade for the countryside”. With Kalla the band walks a new path, but leading in the same direction, and it is clear that Brunskog provides with a totally different input than Stureplan.

- Lennart Götesson