Meadow Music

Lorentzo Jönsson is a young singer/songwriter who released his debut EP during spring, “For the Night”. It’s naked, melancholic and the album cover describes the music well, where he stands there half-naked, alone below the city light only accompanied by a keyboard. Lorentz both have the courage and the expression to fill out this room with his voice and it feels like the beginning of a story that I’d like to find out more about-

You can listen more on Lorentzo’s site or on Spotify. You can also find him on Facebook.

Dance

Lorentzo Jönsson is a young singer/songwriter who released his debut EP during spring, "For the Night". It's naked, melancholic and the album cover describes the music well, where he stands there half-naked, alone below the city light only accompanied by a keyboard. Lorentz both have the courage and the expression to fill out this room ...

A little more than a month ago Emerald Park released the album “Absolute Zero”, the third one since they started in 2002. It’s been four years since the last time and one would expect some changes in the music. And there is, quite a few, which they signalled with their single “Reality Bites” last year.

It’s more naked, happier, more tounge-in-cheek, more romantic and nostalgic and the entire production feels more spontaneous. They show their love for good pop melodies, which isn’t anything new to them, but it feels, well, more relaxed. I notice the americana influences in some songs and more than once I’m reminded of Magnetic Fields and also Jens Lekman.

Overall I think it’s a great album, varied and fun to discover, and an album that grows each time I listen. You can listen for yourself on Spotify or on Wimp. Follow the band on Facebook.

Here are two songs from the album, a replay of “Reality Bites” from last year, and the new song “Someone to Love”.

Reality Bites
Someone to Love

A little more than a month ago Emerald Park released the album "Absolute Zero", the third one since they started in 2002. It's been four years since the last time and one would expect some changes in the music. And there is, quite a few, which they signalled with their single "Reality Bites" last year. It's more ...

About a year and a half ago I wrote about Olof Svenblad’s music project Teleskop. Now he’s working under the name Fallen Timbers instead, and this year he’s presented a rich material in two albums on his Soundcloud page. I think it’s a collection of great electronica based songs which grows the more I listen.

The name Fallen Timbers comes from a poem by Sylvia Plath and Olof says that the image of a forest after a storm appealed to him, with the logs on the ground like spillikin and the clear-cut areas.

Listen to the two starting tracks from the album “Our South Suburban Skies” here below. Follow Fallen Timbers on Soundcloud and on Facebook.

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Faster Than Any Light 

About a year and a half ago I wrote about Olof Svenblad's music project Teleskop. Now he's working under the name Fallen Timbers instead, and this year he's presented a rich material in two albums on his Soundcloud page. I think it's a collection of great electronica based songs which grows the more I listen. The name Fallen ...

After four years as the singer in the death metal act Science of Demise August Vinberg switched genre and joined the electro pop band Storbritannien instead, a band I’ve written about before. Writing songs for the band has also resulted in a pile of songs that haven’t been an exact match with Storbritannien and August decided to release some of them on an EP in the solo project Höstmarschen. You can listen to the first song “Gaia” here below.

About the name Höstmarschen (Autumn march) he says that it partly comes from that the project was started last Autumn and partly because the Autumn feels special for him, as it’s the season when he is most creative.
You can listen to the other songs on Spotify and follow Höstmarschen on Facebook.

Gaia

After four years as the singer in the death metal act Science of Demise August Vinberg switched genre and joined the electro pop band Storbritannien instead, a band I've written about before. Writing songs for the band has also resulted in a pile of songs that haven't been an exact match with Storbritannien and August decided to ...

The trio Carousel says that they are inspired by the sixties and bands like The Jam. And I can clearly hear that in the four songs on the EP “Count Me In” they released a little while ago. They have a basic garage rock sound backing pop songs with hooks that you catch pretty fast when you listen. You can listen more on Spotify and on their site. They also have a Facebook page. Here’s the title track from the EP:

Count Me In

The trio Carousel says that they are inspired by the sixties and bands like The Jam. And I can clearly hear that in the four songs on the EP "Count Me In" they released a little while ago. They have a basic garage rock sound backing pop songs with hooks that you catch pretty fast ...

“Klä av mig” (“Undress me”) is Temilia’s third EP since 2009. And it feels rather undressed and personal too. Much because of Temilia’s eager, charged voice and the naked, intimate arrangements with a sound that feels a lot like the seventies to me; somewhere in the vicinity of  Neil Young and Patti Smith. Together with a bunch of good songs and melodies and a pleasant variation, Temilia and her new EP has become an enjoyable new discovery.

You can follow Temilia on her site and the music is available on Spotify and on Wimp.

Klä av mig

"Klä av mig" ("Undress me") is Temilia's third EP since 2009. And it feels rather undressed and personal too. Much because of Temilia's eager, charged voice and the naked, intimate arrangements with a sound that feels a lot like the seventies to me; somewhere in the vicinity of  Neil Young and Patti Smith. Together with ...

Lovisa Lindström, whom I wrote about last year, released a new single on International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. The song, “The Time That Should Be Mine” was produced by Chris Snyder and is a quite a pleasant piece of pop. Listen for yourself here below.

You can follow Lovisa on her Facebook page and listen more on Spotify or on Wimp.

The  Time That Should Be Mine

Lovisa Lindström, whom I wrote about last year, released a new single on International Women's Day on the 8th of March. The song, "The Time That Should Be Mine" was produced by Chris Snyder and is a quite a pleasant piece of pop. Listen for yourself here below. You can follow Lovisa on her Facebook page and listen ...

In December I told you about The Pale Corners’ single “Fireflies”. Now they’re back with a new song, “REM”. I think that the song is as good as the last one, with dreamy eighties’ vibes,  The Cure-guitars and New Order-vocals. Listen for yourself here below. You can follow The Pale Corners on Facebook.

REM

In December I told you about The Pale Corners' single "Fireflies". Now they're back with a new song, "REM". I think that the song is as good as the last one, with dreamy eighties' vibes,  The Cure-guitars and New Order-vocals. Listen for yourself here below. You can follow The Pale Corners on Facebook. REM http://youtu.be/bHRCYjbyjLs

This Vision are releasing their second album on May 11th. As an appetizer they have released the excellent single “20th Century” and yesterday also the video for the opening track, “Ashes”. Judging from “20th Century” the sound is no longer only about pure electronica with vibes from the eighties, but the development of the sound makes me feel even more of eighties’ retro, especially since I grew up during that decade. Maybe more New Order now than Pet Shop Boys I’d say, even if the band themselves say that they are more inspired by the Cure from those days.

You can follow This Vision on their site and on Facebook. Listen more on Spotify and on Wimp.

20th Century

This Vision are releasing their second album on May 11th. As an appetizer they have released the excellent single "20th Century" and yesterday also the video for the opening track, "Ashes". Judging from "20th Century" the sound is no longer only about pure electronica with vibes from the eighties, but the development of the sound ...

A little more than a year ago I wrote about the duo The Loveable Tulips and their collaboration with producer Jari Haapalainen. Now they’ve released a new three-track EP, “Streets”, this time with Johan Eckerblad as the producer. And there is a different vibe to these songs, where they have changed the big rooms for a more intimate atmosphere and more from the sixties than from the eighties.

Follow theom on their site or on Facebook. Listen more on Spotify. Here’s the title song:

Streets

A little more than a year ago I wrote about the duo The Loveable Tulips and their collaboration with producer Jari Haapalainen. Now they've released a new three-track EP, "Streets", this time with Johan Eckerblad as the producer. And there is a different vibe to these songs, where they have changed the big rooms for a more ...