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

Here’s a short post about the electro pop duo LCTRISC who have released a new single, “Sunbird”. A little different than the songs from their last EP and a really good pop song. And they continue to produce interesting music videos, once again in collaboration with Johan Stolpe.
Listen more to LCTRISC on Facebook.

Sunbird

“Falla Tryggt” is the name of the band Lys‘ debut album, an album that the band’s been working on for three years. I think it’s very suitable that they release the album now in the beginning of the Autumn, considering the feeling I get from the music. It feels like walking around in a quiet Autumn forest where the leafs have just begun to shift their colour, kicking at some heaps of leafs, dreaming and looking back at things.

It’s warm, mellow and soft pop with folk and jazz vibes, where the singer  Erika Nordahl’s soft dialect sort of  smoothens the the songs and lets the melodies land nicely and safely.

“Falla Tryggt” will be released September 10th and is celebrated with a release party at Tivoli in Helsingborg. Listen to more songs on their Facebook page.

Tid
Så synd

Fluru means tousled hair in the the folk dialect in Jämtland, Sweden. The music from the 9 person strong band Fluru doesn’t feel that tousled though, but I can sense some ambience from Jämtland. Not that it sounds like folk music, but from the melancholy and the fatefulness that fit well with the picture I have of the big landscapes in the north of Sweden.

Another association, which is enhanced by the cello, the accordion, the walz tempo and the harmonies, is that to Leonard Cohen, who also has been an inpiration for the singer and songwriter of the band, Malin Edblad.

There is an EP out with the band which I recommend you to listen to and it’s available on Fluru’s site. You can also find the band on Facebook. Here are two songs from the EP:

Black Umbrella
My Only Friend

One Two Die For was formed in the Autumn in 2010 and consists of members from metal band Centicore and ex pop/rock band Becky Sharp. Recently they released the album “First Blood” which you can listen to on Spotify.

It feels like American-influenced pop/rock for the arenas, with indie vibes and some ingredients from Queen. And it’s Queen they’ve used as a model when it comes to creating grand choruses and choirs, which you can hear clearly in “You Kicked My Heart In the Ass” here below.

I can sense that it gets a little too much sometimes, but overall the album feels more than ok for the genre, with some heights that stand out.

Follow One Two Die For på Facebook; here are two songs from “First Blood”:

The Streets
You Kicked My Heart In the Ass