New Music: Family Values

I am in love with this track. It’s the quickest, most legal way to get happy. Swedish pop. Check out here.

New Music: Patrizia

I’m starting the week with an absolute epic song from Sweden. I heard this last week but I couldn’t share it with you because I couldn’t find a link that I could embed, and as though destiny answered me, I get an email from a rep with the link. I’m so excited about this lady, I can’t wait to hear more! Good times. Check out here.

New Music: Elliphant

I know very, very little about this one but I’m sure we’ll be hearing a whole load more from her. It seems to be part of this emergence of dirty, industrial electro pop fronted by badass ladies coming out of Sweden of late that’s been getting a lot of followers (see Gnucci or Alina Devecerski). Check out here.

First Watch: Karin Park ‘Thousand Loaded Guns’

Im surprised with myself for not mentioning Karin Park on this site before, because I do love her. She ticks all my boxes. This is her new song, it’s all Scandinavian and epic, just the way I like it. The voice is a little Fever Ray, don’t you think?

Free Download: Johan Reinhold ‘Heart In A Jar’

Johan Reinhold is by far one of the big new stand-out artists emerging from Scandinavia this year. And I personally am a huge fan. So when you get an email detailing the release of his next free track, you’d be right to guess that I got a bit excited.

The track is, hands-down, one of the top five songs to come out of 2012 so far in my view. It’s a roller coaster of subdued, heartbroken riffs steadily destroyed by an epic chorus that lifts you to another level. You must download this, listen and get moved to it, and share it with your loved ones.

This isn’t even a proper single from Johan Reinhold. He calls it a ‘taster of what’s to come’. Exciting times ahead.