I wrote about Profetian about a year ago. The project has taken shape and recently the duo released the EP “Stormen i Sågmon”. Now they sing entirely in Swedish and they call it doomsday pop and lo-funk. I’d like to add blackness and vibes from Swedish progressive music to this description.

According to the singer Christoffer Johansson, the name Profetian (“The Prophecy”) sort of grew out of the development of the songs, as these became darker and more serious. Christoffer wrote a poem with the name “Profetian”, with a content that in short meant “Everything’s going to hell, if we don’t shape up”. Since this ended up being an undertone in the songs they took it as their band name.

Profetian has a Facebook page and you can listen to and download the EP on Bandcamp.

Gråljus

I’ve received more great music than ever at the start of this year, and I have a hard time to keep up. I realise that I have to speed up the publication so I won’t end up with a queue that’s too long to handle in the end. I will at least make an effort now, and we’ll see where we land.

Kings Avenue, hailing from Göteborg, is up next. With a name taken from a well known street in the city and inspired by bands like Interpol and The Strokes, they released a three-track EP in the beginning of the year. You can listen to the title track here below.

You can find Kings Avenue on Facebook and all songs are available on Spotify.

It’s Not Fair…But That’s Just Life

Gustav Montelius and his solo project The Fiery Piano is back with a new song, “Pegasus”, which he released last month. A beautiful song, still without the piano, in the same spirit as before but with more space.

If you like this song you should definitely check out his EP, “Sirens”. You can find The Fiery Piano on his site and on Facebook.

Pegasus

Nude Party!, hailing from Malmö, don’t promise any naked bodies on the scene, but apparently the name came from the fact that some of the members used to have a habit of removing their clothes on parties, to enliven things.

And it’s definitely party in this energic, positive music with raw, frenetic hammering, guitars, nice synth figures and happy melodies, in songs that often make me think of Blur.

They have a new EP on the loose, called “And What Are You Gonna Do About It?”, and they plan to record another one soon. Besides four of their own songs on the EP, you’ll also find a surprisingly well-turned-out cover version of Tommy Körberg’s “Judy My Friend” as the last track.

You can find Nude Party! on their site and on Facebook. You can also listen to the EP on Spotify.

And What Are You Gonna Do About It?

Tobias Bergholm’s solo project, Lovers Forgive Me, is back with a new EP, “400 slag” (“400 Beats”). This EP differs quite a bit from the debut EP I wrote about earlier. The lyrics are now entirely in Swedish and the album feels more coherent. It’s also a different kind of darkness in these songs that have vibes partly from eighties’ new wave and partly from Swedish pop melancholy with a strong expression. And the songs have quite strong hooks too, especially the title song “400 slag” and the song you can listen to here below, “Kärleksdöden” (“The Death of Love”).

I also took the opportunity to ask Tobias about the artist name, and he told me that the name came up 6 years ago when a band he had joined was going to be baptised. One of the suggestions was “Lovers Forgive Me”, but in the end another name was chosen. He got the idea when he was working in a clothes shop, where they were contantly playing music. He heard a song from the band Her Majesty with the line “Forgive me, Lovers Forgive Me for I am weak”. Right then, after he had just ended a relationship the words got to him. And when he was going to name his solo project 2 years ago, the line popped up again and just like Her Majesty named their band after a Beatles song, he named his project after one of their songs.

You can follow Lovers Forgive Me on Facebook. The EP is available on Bandcamp or on Spotify.

Kärleksdöden