With nostalgic nods to bands like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rolling Stones and other old time rockers, Funatics is a group that has pays homage to some of the world’s best classic music. The band is the result of four friends eventually meeting up after a life of playing music, giving it up and picking it right back up again.

Their music is melodic and highly pleasant, with its many influences from the previously mentioned acts which makes it even more listenable. The sound is endlessly enthusiastic; it makes me happy to know what can happen after life takes you on different paths.

Words by David Johansson

Funatics is at Stampen on January 18.