After the solo debut last year with the album “The Denial of Me, Myself & I” Petter Seander now continues with the follow-up album “Til Death Do Us Apart”. Petter is mostly known for playing with Kristian Anttila during the last 6 years. I have listened way too little to Kristian to be able to compare the two of them, but it’s clear that mr. Anttila participates on the album, which may not come as a surprise after such a long collaboration.

Despite the heavy subject the new album is full of energy and playfulness. At first the similar beat on some of the songs gave me a feeling of repetitiveness, but pretty soon it all started to dissolve into individual parts of energic indie pop with a nice variation, even though the breathing spaces on the album in the songs “My Fumbling Hands”, “Turn Out All the Lights” and the finishing “This Is Where It All Ends” come in handy and feel like some of the highlights on an even and good album.

My favourite tracks have varied somewhat but right now I’d say that “Can’t Stop Me Now” and “Whispering Pines” fancy me the most. You can discover this for yourself on Spotify and you can follow Petter Seander his site and on Facebook.

When Something Dies
Lost For Good

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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”:

Sinister

The Volcano, hailing from Göteborg, has recently released their first self-titled EP. Three songs of somewhat different character, but it feels punk, live and like a real nice gust of fresh air. I imagine that it would be great to see this trio live, which is confirmed when I look at one of the live clips on their Facebook page.

You can listen to the EP on their Bandcamp page.

All My Friends Are On Pills

I discovered Jon Rinneby and his special ability of creating melodies that stick, a couple of years ago. It’s hard to put your finger on it but all my alarm signals shouted out that this was a songwriter who had that extra creativity to craft songs that you can’t get rid of. That he’s not more well-known is just because of that he hasn’t put his marketing puzzle together yet.

It seems, though, that this is on it’s way with his band Turn Off Your Television, a trio that recently released their self-titled debut album, And I wasn’t disappointed; it’s a brilliant album that can stand many listens. I’ve tested it.

They play pop with americana influences in a soft and nice ambience. I recognize “20 Million People” from before but the other songs are new to me, and they show a good variation and excellent songwriting. To me the best song is the totally disarming “The Days We Have Today”, which you can listen to here below.

You can listen to the album and download it for free on the band’s site and it’s also available on Spotify. You can also follow Turn Off Your Television on Facebook.

Never Rusting Symphony
The Days We Have Today

While Giants Sleep started out a year ago and this summer they released their self-titled debut EP. They have their base in Eslöv, Sweden, but the five members have also roots in Norway, Iceland, Finland and Chile.

Musically I find the roots, though, on the other side of The Atlantic Ocean; in post rock,  progressive rock and indie rock. It’s a collection of five well built songs where they paint a rather dark ambience together with the fateful lyrics. A very interesting debut that promises a lot for the future.

You can find While Giants Sleep on their site, on Facebook and on their Bandcamp page you can both listen and download the EP for free.

Wyatt Earp