We’ve met Freyr Flodgren before in Lärkträdet. Here we get to hear him also in the duo Brother North together with his long-time friend and band mate Lucas Enquist. Beautiful, acoustic, ambient, which you can hear below in the the latest song “Silent Mind”.

Brother North on Facebook – on Soundcloud

Alice Boman recorded sketches of songs at home to remember her song ideas, and for the fun of it. Her curiosity of how it would sound if it was recorded in a proper studio grew, though, and she sent the tracks to Emil Isaksson at Studio Möllan in Malmö. Through him the recordings reached the engaged group of people at Adrian Recordings, who became so fascinated with her music that they wanted to release it, but not in a new dress, but just like it was.

The EP “Skisser” (“Sketches”) was then released in May with these homerecorded songs, fragile, beautiful and alsmost hymnlike. And I think that they fit even better now during this early Autumn, where the ground in the nearby forest is slowly being covered with falling leaves, colouring the ground in brown, yellow and rusty red tones, while a certain stillness from the Autumn descends. Maybe Alice and the others agree with me as the EP will also be released on vinyl later in September. Listen to the EP here below.

Alice Boman on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud

“Radioaktivitet” is a new single from Emil Jensen which was released today. In the song you can also hear Klara Söderberg from First Aid Kit. It’s a desolately beatiful song, rich in contrasts, and which has been released in two versions: a duet version with strings and acoustic guitar, and another version with drums and organ, like two sides of a coin. The song is taken from the upcoming album “I det nya landet” scheduled for release October 2nd.

Emil Jensen’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara

Maria Bergström calls herself Seger as a solo artist. It’s often about singer/writer pop with feelgood-vibes, where she, with an acoustic guitar, creates songs with lots of influences from jazz standards. In Spring she released the excellent single “The Stages of Love” with two songs you can listen to here below.

Seger on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

Ewa Wikström released her debut album “Landing” in May under the artist name Queenfish & Other Tales. A simple description could be singer/songwriter pop, but you’ll find much more than that here where she’s exploring harmonies and ambiences with the guitar, a piano, some horns, accordion and her voice. It’s enjoyable to listen to her playfulness and musical curiosity with her beautiful, close, personal touch. Here’s “Dive In”, a single that was released before the album launch.

Queenfish & Other Tales’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud