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Treverket: Et Bedre Sted

by Glenn Astarita
June 23, 2025

Treverket's second album, Et Bedre Sted (A Better Place), is a delightful romp through a musical galaxy where genres collide like overzealous bumper cars. Hailing from Norway's jazz-soaked Bergen scene, this band--led by multi-instrumentalists, album composers Mathias Marstrander and Martin Hjetland--does not merely dip their toes into jazz, country, pop, and other genres; they dive in headfirst, splashing everything in sight. From the opening of “Ouverture," you may be whisked into a melodious, anthem-like soundscape that blends Nordic ...