Svedberg & the Hillside Stranglers, with their own mix of pop, americana and jazz, are back with a new EP. It’s called “Such a Lovely Life”, and is a follow-up to the much appreciated debut EP from last year. And if you liked the first one, like I did, you most certainly will love this one too, it’s just as good. Here you can listen to two of the six tracks from the EP:
Gunshot
Siren Song
Silverpennies, hailing from Borlänge, is back with a new EP, “Come On Villains”. It’s passed more than a year since I wrote about them last time, and of course, things have happened with the music. I can recognize some of them in their skilful compositions, but the jazzy and progressive parts of the arrangements have left som room for more pop and danceable beats. The playfulness and the melodies are there, and thinking retro it feels maybe like they have moved from the seventies into the eighties, along their own path.
You can download the EP “Come On Villains” Silverpennies’ site. Here are two songs:
Sagabond started out as Mikael Ingebäck’s solo project, but turned into a band with a permanent line-up during 2008. Last year they released the album “Strings”, and the album name suggests to some extent what the music is about, as strings, ie cello and violin, play an important part in their music. Together with saxophone, piano and of course bass, guitars and drums, it turns into a kind of orchestral grand pop with a touch of folk music. Listen for yourself here below in two tracks from “Strings”:
Visit Sagabond on Myspace or Facebook.
It’s been a while since I wrote about Hari and Aino here on Meadowmusic. Now they’re finally back with a new EP, “All That Remains”. If you’ve heard and liked them before, you won’t get disappointed now; it’s about good, light, pop songs that make you happy. I can feel that it trips along even lighter now; a little less of Blondie and a little more of Belle & Sebastian.
You can meet Hari and Aino on their site where you can listen to most of their recordings, and also on Spotify. Here’s a song from the EP (plus a video) to tempt your ears with:
On My Usual Catch Up With Cecilia
All That Remains:
This Vision, hailing from Helsingborg, released their first EP in 2007. After that they focused entirely in the production of their first full length album, and finally, in the end of last year, it was released. It’s about electronica inspired by the eighties and to me it lands somewhere between Pet Shop Boys and New Order. Handsome melodies and a nice melancholy interacting.
An interesting fact is that This Vision signed a contract with the biggest label in the Phillipines, and the album was launched there in December. Also hot right now is the fact that the song “Lost and Found” from the album was chosen to be the theme for the TV-show Gabba Gabba in SVT.
Read more about This Vision on their site and on Myspace. On Spotify you can listen to the album. Here are two songs:
Wherever I Run
Young Hearts
Wherever I Run:
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