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| Gry and Hilde |
I've not long completed a mission that involved heading
south east from Moss Rock City to Risør, a picturesque town “doon oan the watter”.
Like Anstruther on steroids. The event was Fyrjam 2016 where Reine Laken (Clean
Sheets) were playing after a 5 year hiatus.
Given my advancing years, I
didn’t want to take the chance of not being mobile the next time they might
deign to play.
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| Line |
Protestations of not being technically proficient fell on
(these) deaf ears. There was a genuine buzz when they arrived on the island - Stangholmen - where the show was taking place. These lassies have a presence and it’s a swell
spot. While the means of getting to and from the island might be problematic to
a landlubber like me, it’s a skoosh for the locals. And talking about locals,
the way that they support this venture could be a lesson to us here in the ‘K.
We ain’t united anymore (Toto).
4 gals, 7 songs (all covers). There’s no record to sell but there were some natty t-shirts. They do this for fun and to (seemingly) shred their nerves.
Four lifelong friends with genuine chemistry that bonds to make an honest, joyous racket that I will forever take over
utter dross like The St*ne R*ses that I genuinely believe couldn’t hold a tune
with all the hard drive action in the world.
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| Ingri |
Reine Laken (alphabetically) is Gry Hartvigsen - drums,
Hilde Lokander – guitar/vocals, Ingri Østerholt - bass and Line Schibstad –
vocals. Hilde’s son Lars joined them for a romp through Green Day’s “Basket
Case”. The Laken include two of the most beautiful souls (Gry and Hilde) that
it has ever been my pleasure to become acquainted with. When I met the other two girls
on Saturday then “I got it”. The fact that they're all old enough to know better makes it even cooler.
There was a story going around that this and the show at Solbakken Fuzzfestival in Arendal this coming weekend (6th) might be their
last but I hope that doesn't turn out to be true because they’re absolutely playing for
all the right reasons. Not giving the danger a thought at all, just thinking of
the fun.
It takes a lot of
bottle to do what they did. And talking about glass vessels, there was also a
nifty wee pub called The Peterhead Bar involved. An after-party there led to
your reporter being able to overcome a 20 year old phobia.
And he’d do it all again in a heartbeat with quality company such as this.
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| Stangholmen Saturday Night! - Line, Gry, Hilde and Ingri |
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