Silverpennies, hailing from Borlänge, is back with a new EP, “Come On Villains”. It’s passed more than a year since I wrote about them last time, and of course, things have happened with the music. I can recognize some of them in their skilful compositions, but the jazzy and progressive parts of the arrangements have left som room for more pop and danceable beats. The playfulness and the melodies are there, and thinking retro it feels maybe like they have moved from the seventies into the eighties, along their own path.

You can download the EP “Come On Villains” Silverpennies’ site. Here are two songs:

Hello Schoolyard
Lonely Little Spaceman

Piano based pop with jazz influences they call their music, Silverpennies. A very good description, I think. If I place them on my music map they come somewhere close to Toto’s regions, although more towards pop.

In August this fall they released a six track EP “Andromeda”. And I’m having a really good time listening through the album. A nice sound, a lot of variation and imaginative songwriting. Straight pop melodies are interwoven with jazzy parts. I also sense four skilled musicians collaborating here, with great vocals from Adam Jonsson.

You can listen to and download “Andromeda” on their site, all for free. On their site they also blog more or less frequently, with a video blog now and then, so if want to know more about the band, I suggest you start there.
Of course the band also has a Myspace page.

I end this post with question:
What differs Silverpennies as a band from 99% of all other bands with four members in pop and rock?

Listen to a couple of tracks from “Andromeda”:

Left Behind
Big Black Tree