Author Archives: Pär Berglund
Colleagues got quite some attention in the Autumn from their excellent debut single “Parent’s House”. They haven’t released any new songs officially yet, but they sent this video link to Australian Bean Pole Productions‘ “Sea Creatures”, which uses the track “Visits” from Colleagues as the theme song, which makes a beautiful music video with dreamy indie pop.
Colleagues on Facebook – on Soundcloud
I’m starting the day here with an uplifting country rock song from the band Eastwick. The song is called “Up For the Ride”, and is also the first single from the band’s next album, the second one since the debut “A Moment From Now” in 2010.
Eastwick’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
Mikael Persson has played in different bands during thirty years, but it took until 2011 before he released his solo debut album “Moving With Mrs. Carter”. After a couple of EP:s he’s now out with the follow-up album “Marks & Bleeds”, an album where he has invited guests as songwriters and musicians like Greg Copeland, Janni Littlepage, Luisa Jordan-Killoran, Citizen K among others.
It’s a rather varied record which revolves around country rock and Americana and Mikael’s dark, laidback and expressive vocals. There’s quite a few excursions with other influences too; I can hear Irish folk vibes, nice power pop-like choruses, the Dire Straits-sounding “St. James’ Park” and a beautiful cover of Yazoo’s “Only You” to name a few. There’s plenty of guitar candy on the album as well as a great sense of sticky melodies, which you have two good examples of here below. The album is available on Spotify and on Wimp.
The quintet Rambling Nicholas Heron, hailing from Göteborg, started out in 2006 and have since then released ten album DIY-wise, that is, on CDR:s, cassettes and the like. But they waited until last year, though, before they released their first official full length album “Cannot Feel At Home In This World Anymore”.
It’s an album that breathes of the seventies in what they call indie-folk-rock-boogie-blues. You can find numerous references to artists from that decade on this varied album, as they pass from country songs, playful american folk, boogie grooves, blues rock and other stuff. I like their simple sound, which keeps it all in line together with the singer’s special tone, which I would describe as a mix of how Dylan could sound in the seventies, Canned Heat and Steve Miller. There’s a lot to enjoy on this album: Strong compositions and hooks with quite a few great melodies, a delicious guitar sound, a dynamic production sweet for the ears and from time to time a groove that makes my feet involuntarily move to the beat.
Rambling Nicholas Heron’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud
A little while ago Family Values released their third single, “Precis som jag” (“Just Like Me”), with a somewhat different ambience than in the last single, in this dreamy electro pop. The lyrics was written by the author Alexander Kočí and the video here below consists of clips from Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Red Desert”.
Family Values on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud
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