We could listen to a collaboration between Fredrik Jonassson and Jenny Gabrielsson Mare earlier this year on Silencio Stampa’s latest album “Kalejdoskop“, where they made a song together. They liked the result so much, that they felt like they wanted to do something more than just a song. The duo project White Birches was then created, an indie electronic constellation where Jenny handles the vocals, the guitars and the piano while Fredrik takes care of the electronica. Their plan is to give us a taste now and then with some songs, and later in Spring to release a debut EP. Here’s the first creation “The End of the Line”, a very promising start indeed, with a dark, suggestive pop and a beautiful chorus melody.

White Birches on Facebook – on Soundcloud

After trying to study in Berlin for half a year Tim Pirfält returned to his hometown Jönköping. As his bands Tifuos and Holden C was put on hold, he picked up the music production again on his own, in his living room. The result so far is the EP “Världens största rock and rollkliché” (“The biggest rock and roll cliché on the world”), a pop album that breathes of Kent, but also other’s he mention as influences like Håkan Hellström, Jens Lekman, Kurt Vile, MacDemarco and Azure Blue. Songwise I think this is among the best he has made so far, especially when it comes to the lyrics, with lines that goes straight in, painting a young generation’s fumbling for meaning.

Tim Pirfält on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

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In 2011 Alex Saidac released a successful debut single, and was later on her way with her debut album, backed by Island Records. She felt uncomfortable with the project, though, as she didn’t recognise herself in the music, so she put a stop to it and turned back to think about what music she really wanted to do. As a first result of the new ideas, she released the single “Number Painting” in Summer, a song about being who you are, and not letting others define it for you. The song and the strong, powerful chorus becomes an exclamation mark for all this. Listen for yourself here below.

Alex Saidac’s site – on Facebook – on Soundcloud

We’ve met Alexander Eldefors here before in the psychadelia-sounding The Seed Coat. Yellus is another project of his and moves in the land of electronica mainly, either through the pleasant, instrumental “A Place On The Other Side Of The Mountains” here below or the electro pop track “Move with You” which I’ve also added.

Yellus on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud

Tsunil is the songwriter Linus Thorell who sent me three songs to listen to this Summer. And they are quite catchy these pop songs, refreshing in a way, and he sings with a voice that has that natural straightforward sincerity which makes me think a bit about Ted Gärdestad, also when it comes to the melodies. I don’t know much more about Tsunil other than that he wrote that he has three more songs coming up. Here are two of the songs.

Tsunil on Facebook – on Soundcloud