The New Northern Star
I don’t know if this happens to you, but during these rainy November days I find myself listening to groups that have broken up. Their sound still reigns in my heart and listening goose bumps still run up and down my spine. (this has happened most recently while listening to Grant Lee Buffalo and The Screaming Trees).
It saddens me to think that I won’t hear anything new from these former bands, but the group The Great Northern X have managed to send me a ray of sunlight even in these grey days of autumn. With a super combination of energy, sweat and the right dose of rock and folk, The Great Northern X have restored a smile to my face, lifted my spirits and have whisked away all traces of nostalgia.
I am ready and waiting for spring to appear on the horizon.
www.myspace.com/thegreatnorthernx
Jacopo Ravagnan
English translation by Karin Andrea Halliwell
Artist permanently and randomly on air at present date
