Alice Boman – Dreams
Malmö, Sweden's Alice Boman returns with the sublime, heartbreaking new single "Dreams". The limited (300 copies) hand-stamped, hand-numbered Dreams 7" is out today via the Control Group. Boman says of the track:
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premiere: Hater – Coming Down
Malmö, Sweden indie-pop group Hater's stellar You Tried LP is a raw and emotionally charged collection of nostalgic, lovesick jams that remains one of our favorite albums of 2017. "Coming Down", a mostly unheard stunner from the You Tried sessions released as a Japan-only bonus track, is more evidence that Caroline Landahl slays, and that every song she sings feels like an empowering, poignant anthem for the brokenhearted, further warranting those inevitable Molly Rankin comparisons...
mysterious Swedish artist Demen shares new track “ambur”
We briefly referenced the "surreal romantic Lynchian horror vibes" of demen's sublimely spooky and poignant "ambur" when we premiered her debut single "niorum" about a month back, and today the reclusive Stockholm artist officially shares the otherworldly highlight from her stunning forthcoming debut LP...
stream Hater’s You Tried
We've heard a few of the lovelorn highlights from You Tried, the emotional new LP from Malmö, Sweden’s Hater, out next week on PNKSLM, and now you can stream the record in all its glory below, via Hype Machine:
hear the stunning debut from Sweden’s Demen
stream Talaboman’s new album The Night Land
The Night Land, John Talabot + Axel Boman's hypnotic new LP -- "a journey inwards, an attempt to reach our subconscious and to document our dreams" -- is out next week on R&S, but you can stream the record in its entirety below now:
premiere: Hater – Cry Later
Psyched to premiere another gut punch of a track from Malmö, Sweden’s Hater, taken from the group's wonderful forthcoming LP You Tried, out next month on Stockholm label PNKSLM. Like the previous singles from the new record -- "Mental Haven" + "Had It All" -- "Cry Later" is a very good lovelorn indie-pop song that's elevated to greatness by Caroline Landahl's gorgeous, pining vocals, which radiate with a warmth and fragile strength that destroys all of the feels every time...
Talaboman (John Talabot + Axel Boman) – Safe Changes
John Talabot + Axel Boman share the mesmeric first full track from The Night Land, their forthcoming collaborative LP as Talaboman, out next month on R&S. Listen to "Safe Changes" below, and pre-order the record on double gatefold vinyl here:
preview Talaboman’s (John Talabot + Axel Boman) The Night Land
John Talabot + Axel Boman share a preview of the sprawling, eight-and-a-half minute journey "Loser's Hymn", taken from their stellar new record as Talaboman, The Night Land, out March 3rd on R&S. The duo says the record is "an attempt to reach our subconscious and to document our dreams...
premiere: hear Swedish indie-pop group Hater’s lovesick anthem “Had It All”
We're excited to premiere the new single from our favorite record of the year -- so far, 18 days in -- from Malmö, Sweden's Hater. It takes something very special to get us this psyched about indie pop these days, and in Hater's case, that is the raw emotional heft of frontwoman Caroline Landahl's gorgeous, achingly bittersweet vocals, perpetually swaying between comforting and devastating...