Ms. Henrik is preparing us for the release of his first full length album, “Fake and Copy”, which seems to be coming up within short. The appetizer comes in the shape of the single “Like Lovers Do”, a dance-inspiring discopop pearl with an efficiently sticky chorus which makes us sing along already from the start. That there are 90’s vibes in the song becomes even more obvious in the cool music video which starts with a fictional clip from the Swedish 90’s music video TV-show Voxpop hosted by Henrik Olsson. The two Henrik join together and hit off on a nightly roadtrip ending with some kind of heist. It’s funny also that the music video played inside this music video is also available as a combined music/lyrics video.
The band Les Gordons, hailing from Örebro, is right in the middle of an exciting period. After participating in the finals of a national Swedish radio competion last month, they were picked out by a jury to the biggest competition of them all: Melodifestivalen in Swedish national television next year. And of courrse they didn’t turn down the opportunity to play in front of the biggest possible Swedish audience.
They are hardly the typical band for the competition, though, even if they have a great sense for catchy tunes. Into their melting pot of energetic indie they pour various influences and they can add som 60’s-inspired garage pop just as well as funky dance rock with a taste of the 80’s. In Summer they released this video with the title track, “Need to Feel”, from their latest EP, released in Spring. I’ve also added another excellent track from the album here below: “Walking On”.
David Josephson is back with the new single “Fakk dom”. He has visited us before here on the blog a few times around the release of his last album “Drömmaskinen” 2014, a record I recommend if you haven’t heard it. He writes that “Fakk dom” is a song about being denied the human right to be a rock star. And the song certainly has potential to be the obvious hymn to when you expose plans others consider being too high-flown. And who am I to stand in David’s way, so here’s “Fakk dom”:
A couple of weeks ago Rebecka Bodén released her debut EP “Deeper Than the Sea”. It contains five songs where she and Gustav Rådström have caught the late 60’s/early 70’s both in sound and spirit. Françiose Hardy, The Carpenters and sometimes a young Joni Mitchell come to mind as I listen to these irresistably charming melodies which Rebecka carry in a such natural and carefree way. There are five strong tracks here, but to me the summer-vibing pop gem “Summertime Mistake” and the delicate, beautiful ballad “Deeper Than the Sea” stand out especially.
It’s been a couple of years since I wrote about the duo Grapell. Meanwhile they have released some new singles where “Arrow” last year became a hit for them. That opened the door to the American market with the help of an American label, and the new single “Every Time” was also premiered on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe. This song is the second single from their upcoming EP “Love Chamber”, to be released on September 30th. Here they slow down the pace even further and make the time stop för a moment as Emil Erstrand picks out his most beautiful falsetto in this soul-tinged piece of cotton pop.
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