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LABEL Scandinavia
Marilyn Records
Magnus Haggren
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LABEL Germany
Ma'am Records
Immylou Coalminer
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B R I L L I A N T H A N D S

Lira Magazine
"Gustav Haggren has a voice that wipes the floor with most people in his genre." - Lars Lind

Helsingborgs Dagblad 4/5
"The third album 'Brilliant Hands is soft, cosy and free-flowing americana folkpop on the top of Haggren's ability" - Peter Fällmar Andersson

Värnamo Nyheter 4/5
"It's tranquil, easy, sometimes magnificent - and terribly gifted. There is a variation and a dignity on Brilliant Hands that impresses me." - Johan Wallesjö

Groove Magazine 3/5
"A groovy folkpop album that swings in a pleasant beat" - Maria Petersson

Extended Mix 7/10
"GATSS is without a doubt the best americana act that you can find in Sweden. And they are from Helsingborg! - Fabian

Sundsvalls Tidning 4/5
"Gustav Haggren sings insanely well and creates such an atmosphere that I almost start crying with happiness" – Anna Holmberg

S I R K U S

Groove Magazine
'Even if you are a tango-dancer, indie girl or you just have a thing for singer/songwriters - Gustav & the Seasick Sailors is a band that works. At least I'm having a hard time holding my crush back. A six-piece band from the south of Sweden that plays groovy, country-inspired indierock makes me warm inside. And SIRKUS is a very charming album. Gustav & the Seasick Sailors second album makes me calm, satisfied and in love."

Gefle Dagblad 4/5
“GATSS came as a true sensation 2004 and immediately became the Alt. Country gods of Helsingborg. Now, when the follow up is here I don’t get as surprised. But it is still consistently really good. Gustav sings like early Ryan Adams before he got too hyped and when the seasick sailors joins in the result is really powerful.”

Hallandsposten 4/5
“Tomorrow is the release of Gustav & the Seasick Sailors second album 'SIRKUS' that includes the happiness that we all want in our every-day life. The album provides complete hopefulness and soothing, swinging tangorock. The 22 year old guitarist and singer named Gustav is born without his right hand but he won't let his handicap stop him - neither personally or musically. He is the one that has created this new genre, that's right, Tangorock. His bandmemebers plays with energy on electric guitar, tuba, piano chrystal-clear drums and most of all the rolling organs and the characterising trumpet. With songs like 'Charlie Fay' with an impressive spanish guitar, 'Angels Fable' with amazing lyrics and the sadness in 'Movie about solitude and grace' I feel confused and happy! The only thing that feels right is to get up and dance like crazy, which I, without knowing it, also do. “

Musiklandet.se 3/5
“For you who never has heard of Gustav and his band before I can tell you that it's about one guy and a guitar, he is born without a right-hand but plays better than most with two hands. GATSS is back with an album that is quite different from the last one. 'Vagabond's Polka' was a singer/songwriter record and the band was was only in the background. Now Gustav has come to his senses and allows his band take up more space. The track 'Devil When You Cry' will definitely be a radio-hit, it has that special thing that decides if a track will be a single or a b-side. SIRKUS has more soul, more indie and more rock.”

V A G A B O N D ’ S P O L K A

Arbetarbladet 5/5
With an almost inhuman captivating force, vocals like nothing else and discreet piano-licks that grabs your attention like a Zeavon-tune, the 20-year old Gustav Haggren puts every challenger in their place. Gustav and the Seasick Sailors should be number one on every chart on earth!

False 45th
“It's been over a week since I've posted about a band from Sweden and I was starting to get the shakes. So, I figured I'd feed my demons and throw a post up about Gustav & The Seasick Sailors. Gustav is some punk-ass 20-year-old from Helsingborg who fancies himself a songwriter. Well...actually...based upon the tune "Nightlife", he is a pretty good songwriter. The tune is a built-up sugary-sweet pop diddy with a folk base. Did I mention it's sugary-sweet? Hell, Gustav makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Fugazi. But despite it's easily digestible qualities, it's a good tune to throw into a mix CD or playlist. Piano. Organ. Acoustic guitar. Drums and bass. It reminds me of Hothouse Flowers a bit (without the brogue).”

Swedesplease
"GATSS Are like a band of drunken gypsy pirates. They play a woozy sounding rock that reels and rolls with the waves. Their song “Angels Fables” starts out with a flourish of trumpets and ends with jolt and two words - keep her. Gustav, the leader of this band of castaways, is a 20 year old from Ramlosa, he wrote and created all the music for his solo debut 2004’s Vagabonds Polka on Marilyn Records.

L I V E R E V I E W S

Arbetarbladet 5/5
The Amazing Gustav and the Seasick Sailors reaches the stage and also the list of my all-time favourite live acts. They are all important but the main character is Gustav Haggren and on stage he is a master. Only his stories between the songs makes it worth to come see the show.

Arvikafestivalen 7,5/10
You can look for influences forever. Instead you should just state that this is Gustav and the Seasick Sailors, and they sound like everything and nothing else. The young guy from Helsingborg have a great presense on stage and a charisma that is hard to find. Gustav is definitely a star on the way up.

Muzic.se 4/5
“well-played pop with variation as keyword. Not many songs reminds of one another, genres is mixed together to get a varied and motivated show. We get to hear polka, rock, pop, melancholy and happiness with a trumpet as the extra ingredient.”