Fou de Toi follow up on Autumn’s quite catchy guitar-pop song “Pick Up the Phone” with “Heartless”, a song that I passed by at first without reacting, but that after listening some more appears to be just as sticky as the predecessor.

Fou De Toi’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

In the Autumn Rasmus Faber and the German duo Syke’n’Sugarstarr released the house hit “We Go Oh“. In this beautiful acoustic version there are not many house vibes left, though. In the press text they write: “So for those of you who don’t like house music or think that Swede’s who make house music are…. well, not particularly musical, this is for you : )”. Behind the microphone yo’ll find Linus Norda.

Rasmus Faber’s site –  on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Syke’n’Sugarstarr’s site – on Facebook

I have no idea who’s behind the artist name MNWMN, as they have chosen to hide in a mystical shimmer, which is even more obvious in the suggestive video to their electro pop-vibing debut single “Bliss of Insanity”.

MNWMN on Tumblr – on Bandcamp

Fallen Trees, hailing from Malmö, was formed in 2010 by the two friends Emmanuel Arvanitis and David Karlsson. With two early EP:s behind them they released their debut album now in January, the thematic “Dysto Fuzz”. Many of the songs feel like they’re built on sixties pop, with some twists of Beatles’ harmonies, but they also dives into blues rock, folk rock and ska rhythms. I think that they have created quite a personal sound, where they blend the sound of the acoustic guitars, the banjo and the mandolin with the electric, so that they land somewhere in between a pure retro vibe and a newer indie rock sound from bands like The Strokes. An ambitious album and worth checking out.

It’s worth mentioning that they together with the album, as a bundled kit, also released their own effect pedal, “The Distofuzz”. It was created by Albin Roslund at Moody Sounds in Malmö, and was made when the band was looking for a dark fuzz sound that would be unique for this record. And you can see the beauty here on the right.

Fallen Trees’ site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

The Safety Plan

Here’s a quite pleasant indie pop-sounding song from the band First Love, Last Rites. It’s the third single from the new album “Wasted Hearts”, which was released in December.

First Love, Last Rites on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp