Hundhuvet, whom I wrote about last year, is back with a new EP, “Spårar ur”; four songs which sounds even better than before. I like Hundhuvet (Dog’s head), but I find it hard to put my finger on what makes them special with their melancholic indie pop. The singer, Fredrik Trossö,  who performs the dark, sometimes word-rich lyricsin his own way, certainly holds one part of the explanation.
They tell me that their band name comes from one of their earliest songs, which contained the line:  “jag tar på mig all skuld och skam och sånt som inte klär mig” (transl. “I take all the blame and shame and things that doesn’t suit me”), which leads to the Swedish expression “att bära hundhuvudet” (“to be the scapegoat”).

Hundhuvet on Facebook – on Tumblr – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Bandcamp

Kroppens straff

Hundhuvet is an interesting band from Malmö which plays a nice, messy, Skåne-Swedish-mellow indie pop with vocals in skånska (Swedish dialect). In April they recorded the song “Drömmarna slår alltid fel”, a great song which maybe points out a new direction for the band?

It’s a cleaner production and a song with a nice drive, but with same mellowness as before. They speak about heavy subjects but in the hands of Hundhuvet they become, not only manageable, but also (which is an interesting part about music) enjoyable.

You can find Hundhuvet on Facebook, and on their Bandcamp page and on Spotify you can listen to their four-track EP.

Drömmarna slår alltid fel