I have lots of small little bits of news clogging my email inbox. I’m going to try to free things up a little bit this morning. And as a byproduct share some pretty great Swedish pop with you.
1) Björn Kleinhenz has a new record coming out on Tomt Recordings. In lieu of releasing the album for free like many others are doing Bjorn and his label are releasing two cover versions of his new songs each week. So, while the band Kid Icarius is from Germany, here they are covering one of the new songs off of Björn Kleinholtz’s new record Quietly Happy and Deep Inside.
2) Kora records has announced the upcoming release of the new record by a side project of The LK’s. The band is called Fredrik. The new album Na Na Ni will be released in the fall. The song “Black Fur” doesn’t have any of the electronic dance pop sounds we’re become familiar with from The LK. But the layered vocals, cello and other odd instrumentation make this a charming song.
Jonas Lundvall is a singer songwriter based in Gothenburg who performs under the name Klifton Filente. He’s released his new ep and it is now available for free over at Last.FM. The loungy indie piano pop of Deux will appeal to fans of Brian Wilson, The Pernice Brothers and Joel Alme.