Swedesplease – The Swedish Music Blog

One of the best Swedish labels is Yellow Mica Recordings. It seems the label was originally intended to release music froim The Javelins but it grew from the first early recordings of that band to encompass twee and indie pop from around the world (The Haircuts, Capstan Shafts, Boyracer etc). The label is still going strong but the band that founded it is no more. Don’t cry though, they’ve just changed their name to The Faintest Ideas and been signed to the U.S. label Magic Marker.

The Faintest Ideas will release their next record What Goes Up Must Calm Down some time soon on Magic Marker. I’ll be waiting. Here’s one caffeine-laced, speed-twee-pop-hit called “Nosebleed” from the upcoming record.

Nosebleed

Here’s two new songs from The Haircuts new Yellow Mica Recordings’ disc Sorrow Is The Way To Love. Buy it here.

Our Own Way
Secret

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Think Box is punk rock from Gothenburg plain and simple. It’s fractured and dissonant. These are rough demos from an upcoming release. “Living Is A Bitch” adds a touch of ska to the noisy guitar. It’s bouncy unlike the rather angular, sketchy “Cough It Up”.

Cough It Up
Living Is A Bitch (And Then U Die)

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I’m not sure what to write about the band Looz. Again I’ve got a serious translation problem although there are clues littered throughout their website. For example they link to Elephant 6 and the Detroit Red Wings…that must mean something?!

The Sun
Kids Are Kids Not

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I’m not going to say a lot today. Cause the label is Labrador (translates to “the best” in English) and the band is their first Swedish language band {Ingenting} (My Space). This appears to be from a five song ep that came out on May 10 in anticipation of the August release of their next TBA release due August of `06.

The first song release is “SlappIn solen” which is incredibly catchy regardless of the language it’s sung in. The little backgroud chorus of yip yip yip is a perfect compliment to the main chorus of “Slapp In Soren” which literally translates to limp or flacid sun. Perhaps a swedish speaker could help with the actual meaning of that phrase. Buy this new ep, Sommar Dagboken, here.

Slapp En Solen

Video of Slapp En solen

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