Turn Off Your Television’s new song “Between the Lines” is officially being released tomorrow, but it made my day already today. This gentle song is seductively mesmerizing with it’s march-like drums and delicate build into grand, beautiful pop. At the same time the singer Jon Rinneby has crept up right in front us, with nothing in between, and sounds more heartfelt and better than ever before.

Turn Off Your Television’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Here’s Christoffer Gustafsson with the single “Ferlindikt” (“Ferlin poem”), which he released during Spring. The debut album “Från start till Stockholm” was launched last year and he’s now working on the next album, which is scheduled for the Autumn. I’d say it’s about Swedish uplifting pop with classic songwriting. A video to the song is on it’s way next week.

Christoffer Gustafsson’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

On their way to their debut album, which soon will be released, Riff Knives have released the single “Fire”, a chorus-strong song in the same spirit we’ve heard from them before, with their own mix of rap and rock.

Riff Knives’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

I wrote about YAST’s debut album a couple of weeks ago. And since they are releasing a new single today I’m going to do it again, and then about a single which contains one of my favourites from the record, “YAST”. It’s a real single too, with a b-side, a new song, the excellent “This Lonesome Life”. Help yourselves!.

YAST on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

I haven’t written about the Swedish singer/songwriter Lars Bygdén before, an oversight I of course have to correct. Because if you have created a wonderful album such as his Americana-vibing “LB” from last year, you certainly deserve to be heard. During Spring he also released a video to the album’s starting track, “The Hole”.

It’s a rather varied record with naked acoustic songs to country to songs with a more melodic pop touch, but everything’s glued nicely together with a pleasant, releaxed and warm melancholy, where you can land in a slower tempo, safely guided by Lars’ calm, somewhat sad voice. Enjoyable. Taste here below in a couple of songs.

Lars Bygdéns hemsida – på Facebook – på Spotify – på Wimp