Esaias Orchestra, with members from both Malmö and Copenhagen, released the EP “Words” in Spring. The title probably tell us something about how central the song poetry is for the singer and songwriter Esaias Grina. That doesn’t stop the band from backing up the lyrics with some carefully arranged music: an airy, playful, melodic indie with traces of folk, which with the beautiful strings and horns makes a quite unique mix.
Alice Boman recorded sketches of songs at home to remember her song ideas, and for the fun of it. Her curiosity of how it would sound if it was recorded in a proper studio grew, though, and she sent the tracks to Emil Isaksson at Studio Möllan in Malmö. Through him the recordings reached the engaged group of people at Adrian Recordings, who became so fascinated with her music that they wanted to release it, but not in a new dress, but just like it was.
The EP “Skisser” (“Sketches”) was then released in May with these homerecorded songs, fragile, beautiful and alsmost hymnlike. And I think that they fit even better now during this early Autumn, where the ground in the nearby forest is slowly being covered with falling leaves, colouring the ground in brown, yellow and rusty red tones, while a certain stillness from the Autumn descends. Maybe Alice and the others agree with me as the EP will also be released on vinyl later in September. Listen to the EP here below.
It’s been a few years since we wrote about the band Fröken Underbar last time. Now they’re back with a new single and music video, “Ah ah ah” a happy catchy pop song with a breath of the sixties. The video was filmed in Roy Andersson’s Studio 24 and was directed by Australian Oscar Molinari. While I’m at it I’ll also add a live session from Spring where the band performs the song “Rakt ner i helvetet”.
Johan Klingwall released his second single in May. It’s called “Upp till himlen” and we recognise his style with rap, uptempo and good, catchy pop melodies from the first single “En vacker dag“. Listen here:
Another Nation’s National Anthem has released another single, “Desdemona”. And even if there’s more forward motion in this song, compared to the last one “Caliban“, it’s impossible to avoid being swept into their dreamy indie fog this time too. And it feels quite comfortable.
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