The band Kastrup, hailing from Malmö, released their debut single “Lydia” in Summer. They write that they were on their way of quitting after the release as it felt too hard to to reach out to people. But after the song made it into the Swedish radio show “P3 Osignat” and its list, they found the energy to continue and also discovered new ways to the listeners. Here’s “Lydia”, a nice, melodic pop song with a big sound.
Kastrup on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
Last Lynx are on their way to release the EP “Rifts” later this week and as a warmup, we can listen to two of the songs already now. They are “Brother” where they pick up the pace a bit and the beautiful “None of My Friends”, both songs further examples of their great songwriting and their special, dreamy indiepop sound.
Last Lynx on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
Fortunately Tom Levin is already planning the release of his next album. It’s called “Them Buffalo”, which could be interpreted as a kind of sibling to the last album “Them Feet”, and will be launched on the 19th of November. As an appetizer he released the single “More Than a Song” yesterday, which you can enjoy here below.
I’ll also take the opportunity to show this music video”Father to a Son”, released earlier this year, a beautiful song about his father, himself and his son and their relations.
…but the one thing that, in a longer perspective, truly will affect many generations to come is the respect I show my fellow humans and the love I give my children. This is my true legacy.
/Tom Levin
Following the single release he’s also starting a Swedish tour tomorrow. The tour begins in Skanör and includes gigs at Salongen in Helsingborg on the 6th, in Malmö on both the 7th and the 8th and in Göteborg on the 26th to name a few of the dates.
Tom Levin’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
The producer, songwriter and artist Jon Rinneby has appeared here on the blog in several earlier projects, but most of you probably knows him best from the band Turn Off Your Television. Since the band project went into an indefinite sleep in Spring, it may come as no surpise that the song machine Jon now is launching a new project: Låtsaspoeten (appr. The fake poet)
So far two songs have been released, songs where I recognise some things from before like the sense of smooth melodies and some bits and parts in the production, but where he now writes and sings in Swedish. As I’m a curious person I managed to catch his attention between two chords to ask him a few questions:
– What is Låtsaspoeten all about?
– Låtsaspoeten is a way for me to defuse my creation of music. A project where I write songs in Swedish where everything or nothing rhymes. This is completely new for me and I have no idea where I’m heading. I’ve always had a big interest for the the Swedish language, but never really taken the step to write in my mother toungue. I thought it was about time, I’ll soon be 35.
– “Think less, write more”, could be a key phrase.
– Does that phrase mean that we’ll see frequent song releases in the time to come?
– I really don’t know, but I do have a bunch of songs already recorded, that are lying here waiting. There will be some new ones before Christmas at least. One is called “Resan” (“The journey”) and is about my travel phobia and the second one is called Kaffe och Sobril (“Coffee and Sobril”) and is about coffee and Sobril.
– But wait a minute! I am also working on a Christmas song which will be released on the 1st of December, where I’ve worked with a lot of nice musicians who have added choirs, both grown-ups and children. You will be able to download the song for free and share it like a digital Christmas card, but also choose to donate money, where all the money goes to this year’s Musikhjälpen (Swedish charity project run in Swedish national radio – editors note).
– I read that this was the first time ever you created a Christmas song, is that right?
– Yes, that’s right. I’ve always wanted to write one and now it felt like just the right time to do it. You’ve had the chance to listen in advance, it is fantastic isn’t it?
– Yes, absolutely. One has to search long to find a song with that much Christmas in it. By the way, what do you think about Christmas?
– I have, like many others, a rather ambivalent attitude towards Christmas. On one hand I like the cosiness and the nostalgic traditions, on the other hand I hate the Christmas stress and that everything must be so f**g nice. But in general I try to like Christmas. My song will help with this, I promise.
– To me Christmas is about doing something that means a bit more than just buying some presents at Lindex. That’s why the Christmas song became something more than just a Christmas song this year.
– Well, I guess it’s just like that, that I always have a song in the pipeline. It has always been like that ever since I started writing music seriously when I was about twenty. I have no idea where it comes from, I probably have musical damp. It also helps that I have access to a good studio 24/7. Then it’s easy to go from an idea to a full song in just one day.
I have probably written more than 500 songs by now, many have never seen the light of day, which is good for all of us.
– Well, then you have something to come up with when it’s time for those “Rare tracks”-albums, hehe. Thanks for the chat Jon, and good luck with Låtsaspoeten. I’m looking forward to hearing more songs, including the Christmas song of course.
(interview Translated from Swedish)
Låtsaspoeten on Facebook – on Spotify
Today Tiger Lou release their first song in six years and also tell us about a new album that is on its way. The song “Homecoming #2” is a warm piece of nostalgic, dreaming pop and we are of course more than happy to welcome them home again.
Tiger Lou on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp
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