The band With a Light Heart recorded their debut EP “Lost at Sea” in the fishing village Bua located on the Swedish west coast. They worked on a loft somewhere in the village and also in a church, and although I’ve never been to Bua, I can feel the atmosphere of the sessions there by the sea as I listen. The church comes into the picture in the first track “Sailin’ Away”, which has almost a hymn-like character. Then they glide over into two excellent Americana-vibing songs, heartfelt and close, and they finish the EP with the more grand-sounding “Homewards”.  I can hear their influences from Bon Iver and Sigur Rós among others, and they do this in their own personal way, so it will be quite interesting to hear more from them later on.

With a Light Heart on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Bandcamp

Seasick

And here’s Junip with their latest single release “Line of Fire”, the wonderful and powerful “Line of Fire”. Taken from their upcoming album “Junip”, to be released in April.

Junip’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Line of Fire

The duo Mire Kay, that is Emelie Molin and Victoria Skoglund, opened up the door a bit some month ago to their new album “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats”, which will be released now in March. They did this with the single “Beat”, a verybeautiful, melancholic song, which promises a lot for the album.

Mire Kays site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Beat

“We Are Men, We Travel Distance” is the name of the duo The Good Legs’ debut album, which was released in September. The band members are Björn Andersson (vocals and guitars) and Elias Sundberg (percussion), who have played together many years before they decided two years ago to start playing live. The music is acoustic with the roots in american folk music, where Björn’s skilful and intense guitar playing is the driving force in the songs’ arrangements, and the closest comparison I come to think of is José Gonzalez and his Junip. At first I missed some breathing space on the album, some dynamics, but the record has been growing with each listen, and I find myself being more and more fascinated with the songs, the melodies and Björn’s variations and fantasy in his guitar playing. Listen for yourself in a song here below.

The Good Legs’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Bandcamp

Forty Years

Sara Thuresson, based in Malmö, with her personal, beautiful, piano based folk pop, hasn’t appeared here yet. So I take the opportunity to present her now when she has a new album coming up, “Jag tror det är möjligt”. Well the album is available as a CD already, but I’m waiting for the digital release. Anyway, she has released a few songs, so we can taste the album, among them the duet “Vakna” with Mikael Wiehe from last year, which will now appear on the album. From before you have also the album “Jag säger nu” to enjoy.

Sara Thuresson’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud