Tobias Borelius, whom we know primarily as singer and songwriter in Emerald Park but also as a solo artist, decided to contribute to our Christmas music with the new single “Christmas By Myself”. The single consists of two songs where Tobias gets help from Svante Lodén (Damn!) and his souly voice on the Lennon/McCartney-inspired title track, while he grabs the michrophone himself on the synthpop-sounding “Tomorrow’s Christmas”. Mats Bengtsson (Wilmer X) on piano and David Carlsson (Mopeds) on bass have also taken part in the recordings.

Tobias Borelius on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

A little more than a year ago Daniel Jönsson, guitarist in Emerald Park, released a solo album under the name Danish Daycare. Last month the singer in the same band, Tobias Borelius, released his debut album, “Du känner mig för väl, farväl”, a project that he’s been working on for a couple of years.

And we get to hear Tobias in a completely new context; he’s singing in Swedish and the sound is created with analogue synth sounds, assisted by acoustic guitars and piano, a sound created together with the producer Carl Granberg.

The sound is influenced by Adolphsson & Falk, Olle Ljungström, Familjen and Kent but I don’t feel any direct paralells; it feels rather special and personal where you get close to Tobias. Maybe it gets even more personal when someone sings in their own language in his own dialect like in this case.

There are eight tracks, with quite some variation, on this album which gets better and better each time I listen. You can listen to it on Spotify or on Tobias Borelius’ Bandcamp page. You can follow Tobias on his Facebook page and also of course on Emerald Park’s page.

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