It’s hard not to think of The Cure when you listen to The Litsos‘ songs. The singer Tove Sandström’s voice also reminds me a lot of a young Robert Smith in the way of singing. Comparisons aside, I think The Litsos manage quite well to stand on their own , foremost through a creative and good songwriting. Listen here below for a sample and if you’d like to listen more you can visit their page on Reverbnation or their Facebook page.
Besides an edition of the songs from the band’s early years (under the name Silverslut), it’s been quiet around The Search since 2008, at least when it comes to recordings. Now, finally, they have released the album “The Search For Connection, Contact and Community”, which was released September 30th.
Already in the first tones in the first song “Silent Days” they set the ambience for the entire album. I’m enshrouded in an Autumn-like, dreamy, slightly mellow atmosphere, an atmosphere that goes hand in hand with the lyrics, which are well summarized in the album title.
The Search is really not a refrain band, in the meaning that you won’t go around humming grandiose refrain hooks afterwards. The songs are more ambient, thoughtful creations, which doesn’t stop them from being full of beautiful melodies and nice passages where the songs allow to blossom. My favourites here are “An Ounce of Courage” and “Age of the Hermit”. One exception is “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, a song in a faster pace and with a more obvious refrain, which you can listen to here below.
Listen to the album on The Search’s Bandcamp page, and you can follow the band on their blog and on their Facebook page.
Some weeks ago I presented Gustav Nilsson and his single “Down, Down, Down”. Now the EP, where the song belongs, is ready, “Makeup On, Letdowns Off”.
Accompanied by another 5 songs, my impression of the sixties I got from “Down, Down, Down” is turned into a sensation of happy seventies’ rock, full of of sing-a-long melodies and nice guitar figures. And with Gustav’s sand paperish voice the sound gets just the right harshness to make it feel alive and genuine.
Gustav himself had a somewhat different description:
…on this album I pictured it to sound like if Julian Casablancas (anno 2002) and Courtney Love (anno 1998) really meet in a bath room and are threatened to be shot by Phil Spector if they don’t quickly write some songs together.
Read and listen more on Gustav’s site. The EP is also available on Spotify and on Wimp.
Sebastian Gyllmeister, Martin Engborg andVictor Adolfsson form the band The Cobra Trio and recently they released their first EP, “Cobra Fever”. They produce a tight and dense rock, surely with influences from various directions. My first thoughts though, goes to the early seventies with heavy blues rock, some Black Sabbath and a glimpse of psychadelia, but there’s also lots of vibes from contemporary rock so I wouldn’t call it retro overall.
Listen for yourself on The Cobra Trio’s Facebook page or on Soundcloud.
Shotgun Crackers is back with new music. They released their debut album in Spring and now they follow this with the three-track EP, “Lockdown PT. 1”. It seems like they’re planning a series of EP:s in the time to come, instead of heading directly for a new full length album.
You can listen to the EP on Spotify and on their Bandcamp page. And you can find them on Facebook. Here’s the first song “Sinister”:
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