Swedish blues rock band Cirkus Prütz‘s new studio album, Manifesto, will be out on 18th April via Metalville Records. Ahead of that, out now is ‘Handyman Boogie’, the second single taken from it.
The song is a tribute to the Swedish actor Peter Stormare Arbrå and his character Karl Hungus from the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski. Arbrå playing the role of porn actor Karl Hungus who seduces the women as cable expert.
Manifesto is the fourth studio album from the band – featuring Christian Carlsson (Lead vocals, guitar, harp), Franco Santunione (Guitar, vocals), Jerry Prütz (Bass, vocals) and Per Kohlus (Drums) – has brought producer, multi-musician, bandleader and songwriter Peter Tägtgren (Pain, Hypocrisy, Lindemann, Sabaton etc) on board for Manifesto.
“We had the feeling that we wanted to take our music further into the future. We needed a push forward and a new sound,” explained Carlsson.
“I’ve known Peter for quite a long time and have been a fan of his work over the years, especially with Pain. We talked about working together a few years ago and now it’s finally happened,” said Prütz, adding that Tägtgren has really inspired the band both musically and lyrically.
“It shouldn’t sound old school or like an old blues album,” was Peter Tägtgren’s motto for the entire process.
The band’s roots are in blues, hard rock and punk, so Cirkus Prütz is not afraid to break the rules. This is a band that take us straight from their Swedish homeland on a hot road trip through Texas with Queens Of The Stoneage, Muddy Waters and ZZ Top on the car radio.
The ten songs on Manifesto talk about everything from drag racing to casino visits in Las Vegas, from stalking like in the Netflix series Baby Reindeer to a new single ‘Handyman Boogie’ being a homage to The Big Lebowski.
All the songs were written by the band together in the rehearsal room and were then given the necessary finishing touches by Tägtgren in his studio. The mastering was in the hands of Jonas Kjellgren, who was also responsible for the production of the last Sabaton albums.
Manifesto has been described as a blues rock album with many facets and features the tracks: ‘White Knuckle Blues’, ‘Drinking Muddy Water’, ‘Handyman Boogie’, ‘Walking In The Rain’, The Blues Is The Cure’, ‘Living Like A God’, ‘Twenty4seven Blues’, ‘Pack Your Bags’, ‘Highroller (Try Me Out)’ and ‘Water Into Wine’.
Out previously was the single ‘White Knuckle Blues’, a song about fast cars and racing the strip. The video was created by Erwan Lengline and can be watched here at RAMzine.
Late last year, they released the single ‘Boogie Woogie Man’ – A new rendition, long time fans will be familiar with the track as it first appeared on their 2022 Blues Revolution album. The animated video was also drawn by Lengline and is reminiscent of the classic 70s version of Hanna Barbera TV series Scooby Doos with dancing skeletons and other suitably scary things to boot.
