words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos Telma Mota
Goat have been a staple on the world music – according to them landscape the genre everyone plays – landscape leaving us with a handful of albums showcasing a well seasoned and thrilling musical growth. Would the gang of illustrious masked unknowns that has previously visited us be the one on Hard Club stage? It surely was the band lead by Christian Johansson whose strong riffs, always weaved with delicious regionalisms to honour the voodo origin from Korpilombolo, in northern Sweden, cannot be mistaken.
The Nordic heptagon flawless rode an irreproachandle performance. Diving us into the land of vibrat psychedelic rock, garnished with assorted musical passports, from hard rock to funk – well held together by the female voices duet that gives it a shamanic flavour. Goat diluted the night into a festive aurora borealis.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine 