Navet is a band that released their debut EP in spring. Four tracks of pop music with a lot of eighties’ vibes. Beautiful melodies, typical beats and synth backgrounds. They have announced a debut album coming out in November, and as a taste of that they released a single some month ago, “A Letter to You”.

Two songs, partly different in style from before, with a beautiful piano ballad as track 2. Listen to the single here below.

Visit Navet at their blog and at Myspace. On Spotify you can listen to the debut EP.

A Letter to You
What I’ve Become (Sjöbo tagning 2)

Friska Viljor is back with a new album, “For New Beginnings”. i.e. they were already last fall, but for various reasons I didn’t get around writing about it then.

They say that the album is a new start where they have left the heartaches for stories about happiness, sorrow and hope and that musically they are heading for something different.

And yes, it can be noticed, it feels a bit more serious, a little deeper. I recognize their catchy folk pop, but it’s slightly restrained, the choirs aren’t that fat as on “Tour de Hearts” and in their jumps betweeen genres I can hear new influences.

Like I said, it’s as catchy as before, the melodies sticks and the characteristic vocals are in the front.

You can find Friska Viljor on their site or on Facebook. On Spotify you can listen to all their albums.

If I Die Now
Wohlwill Strasse

If I Die Now (live on MTV Home):

I think that  Let’s Say We Did sounds better each time I hear them. In the beginning of this year they released their debut EP and recently they released the second one, “Straight Back to You”.

The songs are better, the hooks are stronger and the sound feels more developed. It’s sounds like indie pop which they used some sandpaper on which together with the special vocals and the melodies gives a special, nice, pleasant feeling.

This EP is the second in a series of three, which later will lead to their first full length album.

You can find Let’s Say We Did on Myspace.

Come On Honey

Straight Back to You:

LCTRISC call their music “Maximal”, which is explained as: “A crazy fusion dance music and garage noise. Guitar riffs cut into pieces in symbiosis with cheap drum samples and midi synths. And a banana shaker.”

Lenny and Leslie form the duo LCTRISC and have found their own way of mixing electronica with rock vibes, crazy playfulness, hooky guitar and synth figures and heavy beats.

“Last Kiss” is their new single, here below also as a video (by Johan Stolpe), a video that won an award recently at Dalarnas Film Festival.

You can follow LCTRISC on Facebook and on Myspace. Here are two tracks:

Last Kiss
Reach the Children (Book of Doom)

Last Kiss:

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Update 18/11

LCTRISC has recently signed with the excellent label Despotz Records, and they will release a remastered version of “Last Kiss” as a first single. I have therefore removed the “Last Kiss”-track for now.
The song is available, though, on a limited vinyl edition.

“Things to Do” is the debut EP from Kate and After. I wrote about them in January and it’s obvious that a lot has happened since then.

They called in Henryk Lipp as the producer to the EP and together they have created a new sound for the band. It’s more energetic and heavy while the hammond has found it’s right place and adds a nice retro luster to their indie rock/pop. The vocals are dubbed, more edgy and brings an up-to-date feeling of the sound. Well, it feels like the entire band has stepped forward and demands more space.

You can listen to two of the songs from “Things to Do” here below. On their site you can listen more and also download the EP. It’s also available on Spotify.

Me, Myself and I
The Pretender