We take a peak at Brott och Straff’s monthly single release. Here’s “Monster” which is their contribution for August.

Brott och straff on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

I wrote about Humfree Bug Art and their single “With Nights and Lights” during Spring. In May they also released the 6 track strong EP “Collema”, an EP where their grand style of indie pop is allowed to blossom. Listen here in “Flowers” and the video to “Back at the Start”.

Humfree Bug Arts hemsida – på Facebook – på Spotify – på Wimp

We wrote about Henke Wermelin a couple of years ago. Then his backing band was The Delinquencies and we listened to a couple of demo tracks, which were promising but felt somewhat tentative when it comes to the recording quality. Now his new band is called Nattskiftet and the new album  “The New Black Is Blue” is anything but tentative. Here he’s found his own formula for mixing folk inspired indie and seventies pop, with an emphasis on the latter where I hear Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac, Ten cc and others.

The album is described as introspective and dark, but the music feels most of the time uplifting and sparkling with life, which adds a dose of gallows humour to some lines. Theres a pleasant balance between the calm and the energetic, and I find gems among both the uptempo tracks as well as among the softer ones. Here are a few of them:

Henke Wermelin & Nattskiftet’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Here’s a new, fresh single, which is also the title track of Rasmus Faber’s upcoming album “Indian Summer”. On vocals you can hear Frida Sundemo, who’s also working on a new solo album.

Rasmus Faber’s site –  on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

And the Stockholm trio Sthlmiana released their second single in May, “Allt ljus på scen”. We recognise them from their debut in this eighties-vibing synth pop, which reminds me about Mauro Scocco from that era.

Sthlmiana on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud