Genuine Harmony, hailing from Karlstad, was formed in the mid 00’s, when Oscar and Simon started playing together already in the seventh grade. A few years and some bandmembers later they have now released their first single, the two track strong “A Thousand Times Before”.

And they produce a straight, simple and nice indie pop. Simple, efficient melodies, straight riffs, a pleasant sound and a nice drive, which you can listen to in the single’s two songs here below. They are also available on Spotify and if you’d like to hear more songs, you can visit Genuine Harmony’s Myspace page.

Flowsnakes
You, Me & Coco

On New Years Eve the duo Lilla Sällskapet released their two track debut single “Genova”. 10 more songs are underway, which I suspect will be the content of a debut album coming up later this year.

The duo is described as a techno lover meeting up with an eighties’ nostalgic. And the eighties nostalgia is hard to miss in these synth pop-sounding songs, both of them in Swedish.

Here below you can listen to the b-side “Snart”, which I like the best. You can find Lilla Sällskapet on Facebook, on Spotify and on Youtube.

Snart

We have written about Robotfabriken before here on Meadowmusic, but then under the name Skadade Ljud. In November they released a new song and changed their name.

“Rör mig igen” (“Touch Me Again”) is the name of the song, a song that won’t leave you dissapointed if you liked Robotfabriken’s EP earlier last year. You can find Robotfabriken on Facebook and you can also listen to their music on Robotfabriken’s Soundcloud page.

Rör mig igen

Erik Borelius isn’t a new artist, but seems to have an ability to reinvent himself from time to time and explore new grounds. And his new album  “The World We Know It” is no exception.

This is his eleventh album since 1986 and even if he’s mostly known for his instrumental works before with the acoustic guitar in the frontline (listen to the brilliant “Movies On a String” on Spotify from 2008) , “The World We Know It” is a vocal album.

First of all “The World We Know It” is a pop album with beautiful melodies, good lyrics and nice vocals, but he mixes this with his beautiful and interesting guitar play (both electric and acoustic) and influences from jazz rock and progressive rock, to a wholeness.

There’s a soft, pleasant ambience, often grand where the choirs fill in and with a really good sound quality. A varying and enjoyable album that grows each time I listen to it.

You can find Erik on his site and on Facebook.

This Island
Yes or No

The sound from the early eighties’ electronica and new wave echoes very clearly from the trio Storbritannien’s debut EP “Krita”. In spite of the old references it feels quite fresh and in a way authentic, like if they were some kind of darker predecessor to Lustans Lakejer.

The EP cointains four good songs all with a little different character, in Swedish, but if we’re talking about hit potential they have created a great hook in the chorus of “Säg det högt”.

Apparently new songs are coming up, as they have recently finished the recording of a new EP. If you’d like to keep track of this and listen to all the songs on “Krita”, you can find Storbritannien on Myspace.

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Säg det högt