TRAVELIN'

A request to those PA people who are familiar with this historically important Danish band, and especially to those who championed them here: I'd really like to read your reviews (only some ratings without reviews exist). No one besides me has even added items to their discography. Please, share your knowledge. I have listened to this band too little to be competent for an album review, hence a simple single review based on YouTube listening.

This is what All Music Guide has to say of their second album Travelin' (1969): "More excursions into soul-rock territory dominate one of their less distinguished albums. Highlights include the more serene and melodic cuts", the title track mentioned as one of them. Yes, the song is serene, melodic and pretty charming. The legendary female vocalist Anisette is not much heard this time. The male voices sing in nice high-pitched harmonies, backed by acoustic guitar, thinly whirling organ sound and a fine rhythm section. The Beach Boys made similar sympathetic small-scale songs.

'Life's Other Side' is another song from Travelin', featuring impressive, albeit somewhat shrieky lead vocals by Anisette. She uses a lot of vibrato in her ballsy and raspy voice, and thus she may be a case of love or hate. Funnily, I usually don't very much appreciate female voices like hers (for example in the early French prog band Sandrose), but I like Anisette for her naiive uniqueness. The song is a fairly rocking one and it contains harpsichord.