John Hawks is back with Tape #2. And that’s not a hipster reference to cassette tapes; this is actually a tape with hiss and a bit of flutter.
P.S. Swedesplease was mention in this CNN article yesterday. But the article didn’t have the balls to mention I don’t really write about any of the mainstream artists they mentioned and they didn’t have the balls to step out on a limb and mention a deserving underachiever like John Hawks or any of the bands I write about on a daily basis…
Still it’s CNN 
It’s been over a year since I wrote about the band Vampyramiden (here). And they’re still serving up strangely appealing Swedish language indie pop. And what a great EP cover.
The new ep is called Teenage Destiny and I can only guess the lyrics are some combination of teenage angst, wizarding mythology, and of course vampires.
Turn Off Your Television haven’t even released their debut self titled record yet and somehow they are already being compared with Grandaddy, Avett Brothers and Belle and Sebastian. I’m not ready to go there yet but I am impressed by their debut. It’s a nice summer’s afternoon listen; we’ll see if it becomes more than that…
Add Winter Took His Life to the short list of Swedish singer songwriters with long, slightly odd names (The Tallest Man On Earth, Loney, Dear, Hello Saferide ets). For such an elaborate and seemingly random name the music Susanna Brandin produces is not that far out of the ordinary. Sometimes songs are a bit ethereal with a spookiness evident but not this song. I believe this is a new song but the internet is not awash in news about Winter Took His Life
