Ra – “Bloodline”

We’ll stay in the eighties with one foot for this post, in post punk, Jesus & Mary Chain, Bauhaus and mix this with chanting shoegaze and psychadelia. That’s how the Malmö band Ra‘s debut ep “Bloodline” sound to me, an EP that was released this summer. Here’s the title track.
Ra on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Soundcloud
The New Man – “Faith”

The band The New Man is notifying us about their upcoming album “The Fathomless and the Infinite” with this single, “Faith”. The singer and songwriter of the band, Olle Nyman, has a really interesting voice which sort of soars over this psychadelia-vibing song. A great song, that takes us on a en exciting, squiggly harmonic journey right into the dark forests in the north of Sweden. The album is scheduled for release on the 30th of October.
The New Man’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara
No Coda – “Holy War”

No Coda, hailing from Sandviken, released this shoegaze/psychadelia-vibing song a little while ago. From what I understand it’s the band Daymare that has switched to a new name, which seems plausible listening to their earlier songs. A debut album has been recorded and will be released within short.
No Coda on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Soundcloud
Chocolate Barry – “I Cry Because of You Argentina”

Today I’m starting with a reissue of music originally released in 2001. It’s about the trio Chocolate Barry, whose album “Cucumber Trees and Ice Cold Lemonade” now is available for streaming and downloading. The band, hailing from Malmö, consisted of the two brothers John and Chocolate Barry and also Marco Manieri. The contagious song “I Cry Because of You Argentina”, here below, was played quite a bit back then, but isn’t entirely representative for the album, which is a unique blend of sixties’ nostalgia, electronica, disco, pop and psychadelia with both vocal and instrumental tracks. I could imagine this as a movie soundtrack; maybe then a movie about Chocolate Barry himself.
Chocolate Barry on Facebook – on Wimp


