I wrote about Grenades For The Wall earlier this summer and can now tell you that they have released their debut EP, “7”. A couple of the songs I described in my post are part of the EP and the other songs, with their soulvibing electropop, won’t make you disappointed if you liked the band before.
Listen to the EP on Spotify, on Wimp and other services. You can find the band på Facebook.
Besides an edition of the songs from the band’s early years (under the name Silverslut), it’s been quiet around The Search since 2008, at least when it comes to recordings. Now, finally, they have released the album “The Search For Connection, Contact and Community”, which was released September 30th.
Already in the first tones in the first song “Silent Days” they set the ambience for the entire album. I’m enshrouded in an Autumn-like, dreamy, slightly mellow atmosphere, an atmosphere that goes hand in hand with the lyrics, which are well summarized in the album title.
The Search is really not a refrain band, in the meaning that you won’t go around humming grandiose refrain hooks afterwards. The songs are more ambient, thoughtful creations, which doesn’t stop them from being full of beautiful melodies and nice passages where the songs allow to blossom. My favourites here are “An Ounce of Courage” and “Age of the Hermit”. One exception is “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, a song in a faster pace and with a more obvious refrain, which you can listen to here below.
Listen to the album on The Search’s Bandcamp page, and you can follow the band on their blog and on their Facebook page.
Sanna Hallgren is working on her debut album “Beat”, which is scheduled for release in January. As a first taste she released the single “Dance” a little while ago, and recently another song, “Beat”.
It’s two disco inspired electro pop songs with some indie feeling to them. Normally I don’t listen too much to music like this, but I was immediately caught by Sanna’s voice, which is really something. It radiates warmth and soul vibes and a voice that certainly stands out.
Here’s “Dance”, and if you’d like to listen more you can go to her Soundcloud page and you can follow Sanna on her site.
Here’s a first taste of Hugo Lindmark’s upcoming EP, “Bilder som snurrar”. You may recognize Hugo from the band Greta & the One Night Stands, which I wrote about before.
Follow Hugo on his site and on Facebook. Here’s “Smal som jag”:
I wrote about Vampyramiden a year ago as they took us out on a lo-fi train trip and partied on a “borrowed train” on their first EP. Now they’ve released their second EP “Teenage Destiny”; four songs of lo-fi pop you’ll recognize from the earlier EP, but this time with stronger songs and melodies I think.
Despite the title of the EP they sing in Swedish and the themes this time is about school anxiety and natural disasters. Listen to the album on their site and also meet the band on their Facebook page.
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