I wrote about Hanna Järver and her delicate, close and ambient pop a couple of years ago when she released the EP “Smutsen“. In the beginning of this year she released the beautiful, melancholic single “Ingenting skrivet”, which also seems to be a forerunner to a new album.

Hanna Järver on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The duo Magneta is a two-person offshoot from the band Killerball, which I’ve written about before. A while ago they released the first song, “Vafan”, a fun song musically, which they describe as a messy electronica in crude Swedish, but with a rather tragic family story as the theme. They write that they get their inspiration from bands like Bob Hund, Teddybears and Devo among others, and promise new songs within short.

Magneta on Facebook –  on Soundcloud

Here is the debut single from the duo/collective Last Night On Earth, “Leaving Cities”, with beautifully grand synth pop.

Last Night Earth on Facebook – on Spotify

Here’s a new taste from Vanbot’s upcoming album “Perfect Storm”, which will be released in May. The song’s called “Seven” and is a rather dark song with big eighties reverbs and an exciting electro pop that wants to follow new paths rather than to walk in other’s old tracks.
“Perfect Storm” is the follow-up to Vanbot’s debut album from 2011, but already in 2013 she was about to release a new album. It was almost finalized when she felt something was missing, she decided to throw the entire project in the dustbin, and started all over again from a blank sheet of paper. Here is “Seven”:

Vanbots site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The duo Kastrup, Timmie Strandberg and Puppe Westberg, released the excellent pop single “Lydia” in the Autumn. Today they are releasing the follow-up, “Thieves”, also a melodic pop track where the guitars this time have moved aside to give some space to pumping synths. It’s a rather dark story about broken illusions, fears and big city anxiety which they embed in an emotional, beautiful and romantic shimmer, turning the song into a grand, epic “let’s run away”-song.

Kastrup on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp