The Quill & Birch Hill Dam in The Plush Lounge w/ Water District

The Quill is back! Four years after the most recent studio album the band is ready to once again spread its musical gospel. We are talking heavy rock firmly rooted in the seventies but vibrant and updated rather than retro.'

The Swedish four-piece has been around since the nineties and went on to release three acclaimed albums on SPV:
”Voodoo caravan” (2001), ”Hooray! It’s a deathtrip” (2003) and ”In triumph" (2006).


With the touring cycle for the latter record completed, the band and singer Magnus Ekwall parted ways and The Quill was put on the backburner. Drummer Jolle Atlagic joined now defunct Finnish glam legends Hanoi Rocks – touring Europe and Japan in the process – and also did a stint in The Real McCoy band alongside Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett. Christian Carlsson (guitar) and Robert Triches (bass) also kept busy with other projects. In 2010, it was The Quill time again. Songs were written and Magz Arnar (also in Ground Mower and Soul 78) filled the vacant vocalist spot. It was a perfect match. The versatile 32 year-old has heaps of energy and a powerful voice that fits The Quill like a glove. Magz has the required range to sing the old stuff but also a rawness that the band was looking for.

Yes, there’s a new twist to the sound. Less is more, if you will. The songs are sharp, direct and catchy, built around big riffs, big grooves and big hooks. Just check out ”Sleeping with your enemy” and try to get that chorus out of your head. Surrender to the up-tempo outburst of energy that is ”Medicine”. And physically feel how ”Bring it on” simply rocks like a motherfucker. Very much classic rock and yet contemporary in the Foo Fighters/Queens Of The Stone Age vein.

Needless to say, The Quill is a band reborn. An album’s worth of material is more or less in the can and the members are determined to actually cut that record – on a label that shares their vision – and play the songs on stage. Because it’s what they are meant to do. Great music and great shows will always find an audience.


Line-up:
Magz Arnar (vocals)
Christian Carlsson (guitars)
Jolle Atlagic (drums)
Robert Triches (bass)

Discography:
”The Quill” (1995)
”Silver haze” (1999)
”Voodoo caravan” (2002)
”Hooray! It’s a deathtrip” (2003)
”In triumph” (2006)