Lärkträdet, a music collective from Umeå with the two songwriters Freyr Flodgren and Ludvig Söderström in the front, presented some beautiful songs in the end of last year. It feels summery, romantic and dreamy in a pleasant and warm acoustic sound.

Lärkträdet on Facebook – on Soundcloud

Roth is a Stockholm duo with the two members Julia and Gustav Roth. In December they released their first single “Kings of the Wild”. They call it warm folk pop, which is easy to agree with. A summery and uplifting acoustic indie song.

Roth on Facebook – on Soundcloud

Just before Christmas Killerball released the single “Lost In the Woods”. The song is taken from the EP “Good Memories, Good Morning”, an EP that so far only exists as a physical CD-album. Unlike the electrified debut EP “St. Epone”, which was released in 2011, all the songs are acoustic, which feels just right.

Since the cornerstone of the band have been their performances on streets and squares, their special characteristics shows much better here and besides the new acoustic versions of the earlier songs “Forcefed” and “I Can’t Find It” they also present more sides of their music than the blues based rock they have recorded before. “Lost In the Woods” is my favourite from the new EP where they in the beginning start digging in the grounds around Buffalo Springfield in the late sixties before they give hints of  Paul Rodgers-contellations and also to what they’ve done before. Mystique, some psychadelia, folk rock and really sweet.

Killerball’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Lost In the Woods

There’s a beautiful sadness and an enchanting atmosphere on the trio Varg’s debut EP, which was released during Autumn. A cello, a careful acoustic guitar and sweet choirs accompanies the sweeping melodies and reminds me of vast northern landscapes and nature romanticism. Listen below to the beautiful “You”:

Varg’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

It’s hard not to get carried away with the rhythm when you listen to Walking With Elephants new EP. Three great songs with wonderfully uplifting bluegrass-inspired folk indie. I think all three songs are just as good, so it was hard to choose only one. You can listen to the other tracks on their Soundcloud page.

Walking With Elephants on Facebook – on Soundcloud