Blue Coat Venture is a solo project created by Gustav Löfstrand. He writes that he last Spring was wandering around in Stockholm dressed in his father’s old blue coat. His reflections during these walks landed in the decision to really do something about his own music creation and to go all the way with it. He and a friend built the studio Lärkskogen at the centre of Stockholm and he started recording his own songs, inspired by the sounds from the city.

You can hear the first results here below, two singles he released recently, which will eventually lead us to his debut album release on the 13th of April. It’s beautiful, soft, very soft singer/songwriter pop and I can sense the influence from artists like James Taylor och Nick Drake, which he names as sources of inspiration when he grew up. The songs feel like comforting songs, like soft pillows to land in when life feels rough.

Blue Coat Venture’s site – on Facebook