And let’s dream ourselves back to the eighties with This Vision again, in the single “Hungry Heart”. Maybe the best track so far from the electro pop duo, hailing from Helsingborg.

This Vision’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Momofoko, hailing from Malmö, released their third album “Movement” during Spring. We heard the catchy single “We Know” already last year and now it’s in good company of another 8 tracks of dance-inspiring indie-disco-pop, alternately electronic and guitar-funky. Here’s a taste of it.

Momofoko’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Tiger Forest Cat is Filip Sundberg’s (from Syket) solo project. During Spring he released this dreamy pop ballad, “Everybody’s Running”. Prefab Sprout and Bryan Ferry are mentioned in the press material as possible influences; to me it sounds a bit like Summer in the early Eighties and Steely Dan, maybe some more of Roxy Music and a bit of Toto. And why not some of Californiaman, whom I wrote about earlier this year.

Tiger Forest Cat on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara

The band Esther, hailing from Växjö, released their debut album “A South Province Letter” a month ago, and to give us a taste of the record they have put the song “Considerations” and a couple of songs more on display. And it tastes good from both the singles and the album; happy, uplifting indie in the borderland between pop and rock with catchy melodies.

Esther on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud

The Apartment Years is based in Stockholm and consists of the trio Terje Ökshei, Mathias Edgren and Mårten Fredholm. They formed the band in 2010 and the last year they have spent a lot of time in the studio finishing their first EP, to be released any day now. A couple of the songs from the EP are already available, and you can listen to “Outside” here below, a piece of grand arena-sounding pop/rock.

The Apartment Years’ site – on Facebook – on Soundcloud