Infruset

Infruset is the sixth studio album by Swedish band Mando Diao and the band's first album in their native language, Swedish. In 2011, on the occasion of Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding's (1860–1911) hundredth death year, Gustaf Norén was asked to set one of his poems to music. The beauty and honesty of Fröding's poetry as well as his eccentric and anguished way of living was appealing to the band. Fröding's poetry is telling stories about the beauty of nature, about love and life's challenges. Gustaf Norén and Björn Dixgård chose ten of his poems; the album's recording took place in an old barn that was transformed into a studio, and was finished after a few days only. The songs are slow and melancholic ballads. The band is using acoustic guitars and piano as main instruments; drums, bass and strings are providing the smooth and gentle background. The main focus is on Fröding's words, instruments and voices are emphasizing the melancholy within the lyrics. Linnéa Dixgård, sister of Björn Dixgård, performs the song "Titania". On 28 October 2012, the first public performance of Infruset was celebrated as cinema event with broadcasts in cinemas and theaters in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland. The premiere consisted of two parts – a biography of Gustaf Fröding and interviews with band members, and the live performance of the new songs. Infruset has turned out to be the band's most successful album in Sweden. It has won a Swedish Grammis award and been certified 4× Platinum in Sweden. Due to their success, the band was awarded with the Swedish Rockbjörnen, a fan award, as best live group in 2013. The album has been in Swedish charts for 97 weeks from November 2012 until September 2014 and is the fourth in the list of "best albums of all...