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     The Movements hail from Gothenburg and are further proof that there is a lot of good music coming out of Sweden if you like punk, garage or psychedelic tinged music. They have taken 1960's garage rock, thrown latterday punk and psych influences into the mix and turned the heat up under it all to come up with their own intense sound.

'Grains of Oats' is their first album and right from the off with opening cut 'It Starts With A Whisper' everything is at boiling point soundwise which along with their arrangements makes the band's songs sound very urgent. There's some chiming Farfisa organ in the mix and some searing psych or space rock guitar in there to help fry your brains. 'Cry For You' has one of those nagging organ riffs to die for and the vocals are raw and bleeding, all helped along by some thunderous drums. 'Being' calms things down a little and has a raga rock style guitar motif underpinning the majority of the song. 'Image In The Mirror' shows the punk element in their songwriting and is more of a 'straightforward' song than most. 'Ain't Gonna Let You Mess Up' is mid-tempo with another great organ riff and a big big chorus. Final track 'I Don't Wanna Be like You' is a frantic 'everything in the red' number that brings this album to a fitting end.

The Movements have taken all their influences and spun them into their own musical concoction. If you like band's cd production values to be pristine, sparkling and squeaky clean, then stay away from 'Grains Of Oats' 'cos this rocks like hell, is anything but polite and is all the better for it. If you like the sound of bands like The Sonics or even The Hives with healthy dose of psychedelia thrown into the middle of it all, then this album will be right up your street, if you don't, then you should........it'd do you good!!