Silverpennies, hailing from Borlänge, is back with a new EP, “Come On Villains”. It’s passed more than a year since I wrote about them last time, and of course, things have happened with the music. I can recognize some of them in their skilful compositions, but the jazzy and progressive parts of the arrangements have left som room for more pop and danceable beats. The playfulness and the melodies are there, and thinking retro it feels maybe like they have moved from the seventies into the eighties, along their own path.

You can download the EP “Come On Villains” Silverpennies’ site. Here are two songs:

Hello Schoolyard
Lonely Little Spaceman

Sagabond started out as Mikael Ingebäck’s solo project, but turned into a band with a permanent line-up during 2008. Last year they released the album “Strings”, and the album name suggests to some extent what the music is about, as strings, ie cello and violin, play an important part in their music. Together with saxophone, piano and of course bass, guitars and drums, it turns into a kind of orchestral grand pop with a touch of folk music. Listen for yourself here below in two tracks from “Strings”:

Breathe
It’s All About You

Visit Sagabond on Myspace or Facebook.

It’s been a while since I wrote about Hari and Aino here on Meadowmusic. Now they’re finally back with a new EP, “All That Remains”. If you’ve heard and liked them before, you won’t get disappointed now; it’s about good, light, pop songs that make you happy. I can feel that it trips along even lighter now; a little less of Blondie and a little more of Belle & Sebastian.

You can meet Hari and Aino on their site where you can listen to most of their recordings, and also on Spotify. Here’s a song from the EP (plus a video) to tempt your ears with:

On My Usual Catch Up With Cecilia

All That Remains:

The band name Tvivelfront sounds almost like punk rock to me. The music though, which is sung in English, has a little punk in it, but feels more like a raw and rockish variation of The Cure, with a touch of Broder Daniel.

On their EP “Kid Ikarus”, which was released in March, I find three tracks with a basic, distorted sound with a nice live feeling. You can visit Tvivelfront’s site or Spotify to listen to all three songs. Here’s the title track:

Kid Ikarus

The Faux Noise tell us that they get their inspiration from the early seventies and the music scene around Andy Warhol. And I can understand that, even though The Faux Noise’ music doesnt’ feel retro, rather like a contemporary interpretation.
The feeling I get from this is that I am in a river delta, where sound is flowing in from many directions, occasionally it’s raining, and in the middle of all this chaos I find a strong raft that safely brings me out to the sea, accompanied by beautiful melodies. Thrilling and interesting.

On their Soundcloud page you can listen to their music and also to a bunch of interesting remixes of their songs. You can also visit The Faux Noise on their site. Here is “Save Me” and the video to “I Can’t Stop Breaking You Down”:

Save Me

I Can’t Stop Breaking You Down:

I Can’t Stop Breaking You Down from The Faux Noise on Vimeo.