ORIGINALLY FORMED AS A DUO, GUITARIST, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER ZSOLT BOGNÁR (MR. SMOOD) AND HARMONICA PLAYER VIKTOR KEMÉNY (VIKHARP) FOUNDED MR. SMOOD AND THE HARP IN 2020, RELEASING THE ALBUM “YOU’D BETTER LEAVE NOW” IN 2024. AFTER THE ALBUM’S RELEASE, VIKHARP LEFT THE BAND AND WAS REPLACED BY ANDRÁS KOMLÓDI. WITH THIS NEW LINEUP, THEY HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR LIVE ALBUM “LIVE AT TERASA FLEX”. MR. SMOOD IS A TIGHT AND SKILLFUL BLUES BAND FROM HUNGARY, A COUNTRY ALREADY KNOWN FOR OTHER NOTABLE GROUPS SUCH AS THE BLUES BAND LED BY SINGER HOBO (LÁSZLÓ FÖLDES), THE SOULFUL BAND, SINGER SUBA ATTILA, AND THE POWERFUL BLUES-ROCK OUTFIT TRAVEL. ZSOLT BOGNÁR IS A SUBTLE GUITARIST WITH A DISTINCTIVE STYLE PERFECTLY SUITED TO BLUES MUSIC. HE WRITES INTUITIVE SONGS FULL OF IMAGINATION AND GOOD TASTE, BUT ALSO REINTERPRETS THE GENRE, AS WE CAN HEAR ON THIS ALBU BRINGING TO LIFE THE CHICAGO BLUES OF J.B. LENOIR, LITTLE WALTER, HOWLIN’ WOLF AND PRESTON FOSTER, CAPTURING THE WEST COAST SOUND OF ELVIN BISHOP, AND SHOWING HIS DEVOTION TO DELBERT MCCLINTON IN HIS RENDITION OF THE CLASSIC “MAYBE SOMEDAY BABY.” THE REST OF THE LINEUP DRIVES THE MUSIC SMOOTHLY DOWN A ROAD WHERE THEY MOVE WITH REFINED PRESENCE AND THRILLING INTERACTION, PLACING HUNGARIAN BLUES FIRMLY ON THE EUROPEAN BLUES MAP. THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT WILL PLEASE ANY TRUE MUSIC LOVER.