Sometimes you can find Swedish music in the oddest places. Japan for twee inspired swedish pop, Norway for experimental Swedish electronica and Germany for Boy Omega and his brother Book Of Daniel. These talented brothers record for Riptide Records in Germany (and for Tract here in the states and Stereo Test Kit in the UK).
I’ve written about Boy Omega as much as any other Swedish artist if not more (here, here, here) . Is he deserving or does he just have competent people promoting him? Of course it’s a little bit of both. “Burn This Flag” starts off with a bang and the jaw dropping lyrics “she said she found God in a keyhole”. Musically the song takes a number of twists and turns including odd bursts of noisy static, breaks for thumping beats and quiter interludes that sound like some sort of synthetic string section making this a little more exciting than Boy Omega’s earlier acoustic based songs. This song is off the upcoming ep The Grey Rainbow due out Oct 12.
I could go on and on about both of these artists (and I have in the past) but time is short so here’s the link to Boy Omega’s brother and his band Book Of Daniel. The rather epic song below is “Deadringer” from his upcoming debut record Songs For the Locust King.