Fallen Trees, hailing from Malmö, was formed in 2010 by the two friends Emmanuel Arvanitis and David Karlsson. With two early EP:s behind them they released their debut album now in January, the thematic “Dysto Fuzz”. Many of the songs feel like they’re built on sixties pop, with some twists of Beatles’ harmonies, but they also dives into blues rock, folk rock and ska rhythms. I think that they have created quite a personal sound, where they blend the sound of the acoustic guitars, the banjo and the mandolin with the electric, so that they land somewhere in between a pure retro vibe and a newer indie rock sound from bands like The Strokes. An ambitious album and worth checking out.

It’s worth mentioning that they together with the album, as a bundled kit, also released their own effect pedal, “The Distofuzz”. It was created by Albin Roslund at Moody Sounds in Malmö, and was made when the band was looking for a dark fuzz sound that would be unique for this record. And you can see the beauty here on the right.

Fallen Trees’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The Safety Plan

Everett Parker released his album “Irrevocably Human” last week, a year and a half after the debut EP “Run For the Uppercut”. And I can just state that it’s an impressive album, which you should check out if you’re into classic, storytelling Americana with guitar in hand. It’s always difficult to describe what exactly makes a record like this stand out among many others in the genre. The lyrics are of course important, but the entire set is glowing, from the voice, from the string hammering, from the rough, earthy atmosphere, which has been created with small means. If the last EP felt warm, this is at least one step up and feels red hot.

Everett Parker’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Dirt I Will Be

A. S. Swanski is now working with a new music project he calls “Deckare”. Each month he releases one or two songs inspired by Swedish crime novels, where he so far has put music to books like “Isprinsessan” (“The Ice Princess”) by Camilla Läckberg and Millennium by Stieg Larsson. It’s not too far from his latest album “Electro Noir”, which I wrote about then, where one of the songs even was a reference to a crime novel he had written himself. I think his own description of the music fits rather well here: “between cinematic krautrock and disturbing synth pop”.

A. S. Swanski’s site for Deckare – home page – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Bandcamp

The Stockholm sextet Humfree Bug Art released their debut EP “Chairlene” last year, and now they are relaunching one of the songs from the EP as a single, “With Night and Lights”. And why not? it’s a great song with an interesting sound: a grand indie pop with folk vibes, and I can hear that they really are six members. They show this in a beautiful way also in the living room-recorded “Flowers”, which you can watch here below.

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Mire Kay is warming up before the album release (April 4th) with another song, this time also with an accompanying video directed by Mats Udd. After this song, “Reverse” and the last one “Beat” I’ve got big expectations for the album, to say the least.

Mire Kay’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp