Min stora sorg is Ann-Sofie Lundin’s solo project, and recently she released her debut EP. I could describe the EP as fragments from a diary in a psalm format, accompanied by a school piano and a choir. It’s naked and liberatingly stripped, and works all the way. Interestingly the songs are not built according to the traditional pop structure with verses , bridges and so on. Instead it’s more like in dance music where the song is growing more and more.

The song and the video below, “Svarta ögon” was released in summer as a first single, and is present on the EP as a so called Live Edit version.

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Svarta ögon

Last year I wrote about Mankku [mancko]‘s debut solo album “Festen har bara börjat”. This summer he released another two songs, “Gör så gott du kan” and “Släpp den lös”. The songs are recorded in what he calls dogma sessions, which I understand means that it’s all recorded live with all three musicians in the same session, without any overdubs and life lines. Mainly acoustic and recorded at Studio Intim in Oslo.

Here below you’ll find one song “Gör så gott du kan”, while the other one is available on Mankku’s Soundcloud page.

Gör så gott du kan

Joe Egan comes from Ireland and moved to Göteborg a couple of years ago where he started Madderfield in the beginning of last year. At the start of this summer he released the debut EP, 5 songs that first of all are based around Joe’s sensitive, expressive voice and his acoustic guitar. It varies in the vibe from english folk pop to a touch of country, with some hint of Nick Drake, but still with his very personal style.

The immediate pearl among the songs is “What Happened to the Boy”, which you can listen to and download here below. Listen to the entire EP on Madderfield’s site and on Spotify. Follow him on Facebook.

What Happened to the Boy

Karl Buhre, singer in Alouatta, and his solo project I’ve told you about before. Now he’s released his debut EP “Fieldwork”, which continues along the shores where we found him the last time.

And it’s a wonderful EP, with it’s four tracks, made for lying down in the grass and letting the acoustic guitars roll in some white cloud shapes across the blue sky and dream away together with Karl’s special voice.

Listen to the entire EP on Spotify and follow Karl Buhre on Facebook. Here’s that starting track, “Trust”:

Trust

Jonas Carping’s The Glade released a year ago the EP “Dance For Love”. And a little while ago they rereleased the title track again as a so called “Radio Edit”. I think that it feels more than a standard radio edit, though; it’s a whole new mix where the song has received the attention it needed. There’s a much stronger presence now and the entire song shines. An example of a song that sounded good, but with a better production has become great.

You can follow The Glade on Facebook and on their blog. On Spotify and on Wimp you can find this and more songs from the band.

Dance For Love (radio edit)