THE MANIKINS

track-list:
Can’t Give You Up
Rosita
Zombie
By My Side
Too Cool for the Modern World
Swedish Woods
In My Head
Diamond Rings
My Last Time
I Need To Tell You
Ladder and a Rope
Set the World on Fire

The garage punk rock lieutenants of Sweden are back with a bang!
The Manikins has joined Lövely Records for the release of their upcoming, sixth studio album ‘Swedish Woods’.
Formed in 2000, this high energy garage punk outfit is known for their intense live shows, having frequently toured Europe and even making it across the pond for a US tour in 2009.
Now they’re back and ready to unleash a raw and primitive explosion of Swedish rock music.
The album features 12 brand new tracks, clocking in at 31 minutes, where the band explore the more traditional sounds of rock’n’roll while keeping the energy and volume levels cranked to the max.
Recorded and produced by The Manikins in their own Omega Studios in Nyköping, mixed and mastered by Joakim Forsberg.
The band comments:
“After years in solitary, due to the pandemic we’ve been working on new songs and are now ready to share it with the world. In the process of the writing we’ve been searching in the back catalogues of the most primitive rock n’ roll in history. It’s hard hitting, trashy, simple yet with a twist of finesse that makes you wanna hear it over and over again. Nothing is so ageless as the dark and massive woods of Sweden, and in a time of turbulence we wanted to create something similar to this in our music. With the classic recipes of rock n’ roll that has been used and recycled since the time we had the ability to count 1, 2, 3, 4, we want to describe our contemporary struggles and create sounds and beats that will let you let loose.”
‘Swedish Woods’ will be released on black vinyl, orange vinyl, and all streaming platforms on the 17th of November, 2023.
The Manikins started up in Nyköping, Sweden back in 2000.
They started out as a trashy punk rock act with outfits like Teengenerate and The Devil Dogs as their biggest influence.
After their first two album releases (only 4 months between them) they became a frequently touring act in Europe and was praised as one of the best live acts in the underground garage punk scene.
The touring continued after the release of the ‘Lie, Cheat and Steal’ album and the praised, fourth LP ‘Crocodiles’.
This was also followed by a US Tour in 2009.
After this the band had a break but in 2017 they reformed and started writing songs for the album with the prescient title ‘Bad Times’, that was released in 2018.
Plans were made for a longer European tour and also a second visit to the states but it all got canceled due to the pandemic.
Now the band is back with their 6th album ‘Swedish Woods’ with 12 garage punk rock slammers recorded in their own Omega Studios in Nyköping.
After days, weeks and months in the studio they recorded 26 songs and have selected a package that in some ways differs from their previous sound.
They now in bigger extent explore the more traditional sounds of rock n roll and are eager to get on the road to do what real bands do … slam dunk the ball of primitive rock n roll and get the places pumpin’!