Truckfighters

We have the exact opposite weather and landscape to California,” says the band’s guitarist Niklas ‘Dango’ Källgren. “But there is a wilderness there, so I think we share something with people who make music in desert landscapes: we both do it in places where there aren’t many people around. Maybe that’s why we can tap into those sounds. You can create big empty spaces in music whether you are in the California desert or whether you are in Sweden.They are sounds that they have been making since Niklas teamed up with bassist and vocalist Oskar ‘Ozo’ Cedermalm in Orebro, Sweden in 2001. A succession of drummers have come and gone – “We have a very Spinal Tap relationship with drummers,” says Niklas, “our original drummer quit the band because he smoked too much weed, our next one damaged his wrists … we keep having problems” – but now the powerhouse playing of Andre ‘Poncho’ Kvarnström drives their groove.Over the course of five EPs and three previous albums, they have honed, tautened...