The Embassy - Roundkick

"Roundkick" is the first single from The Embassy's long-awaited upcoming album. Buy the mp3 + a t-shirt here.

New album from The Embassy in September

Officially confirmed for release in September, a new LP from The Embassy called "Life in the trenches": http://srvc.se/the-embassy/life-in-the-trenches-lp

Burn like it should

Something new from The Embassy but not quite yet ready for primetime? Check it: http://srvc.se/the-embassy/puttgarden-video
Also: http://www.callemagnell.com/print/project-1/

The Embassy live in Berlin

The Embassy will be playing a rare live gig on March 11 at Backyard in Berlin: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192196594144860

New music from The Embassy this fall?

The Embassy will apparently be back with a new single in October and an album to follow in 2011.

Warmer Climes interview at Vice

It's only very tangentially related to Scandinavian/Swedish music, but Vice has an interview posted with Vlad of the blog Warmer Climes: http://www.viceland.com/music/2010/08/being-a-gay-romanian-hipster-is-lonely/
Worth reading, if only for revisiting Vlad's JJ and The Embassy confrontations.

Adventure Of
Malaika/Jehovah
Tack För Igår

Despite what Adventure Of might temporarily convince you, brat doesn't come in as many flavors as one might think. Mining the well of youthful indiscretions that make The Tough Alliance tick, there isn't a synth, horn, or sentiment on "Malaika" or "Jehovah" That hasn't been done before. However, even while busy basking in the glory of its own electro retread, there are still enough guilty pleasures to get your ass out on the dance floor -- and clean out all trances of cynicism along the way. Not bad for a pair of singles.

Case in point? The particularly amusing, The Killers referencing, "Jehovah" b-side "Soul little body". "I've got soul and I am a soldier." My knee-jerk cynical response? "Congrats dude, you've just lapped Brandon Flowers in the Narcissism Olympics! Yea!" My actual response after the horns, monotone delivery, and tropical sentiment had time to settle in? Somewhere between elation and awkward head-bobbing. Point: Adventure Of. "A fluke!" the cynic might cry -- quick to mention The Embassy has been kicking around the same passive-cool beats for a while now. But perhaps the band says it best in "Anno domini": "If you're special then I'm special too." While it seems unlikely Adventure Of will be able to parlay their well-worn routine into anything more that a few high-energy quips, they'll have you believing the hype as long as the record spins.
- Laura Studarus

A Smile and a Ribbon coming to NYC Popfest, more

Swedish indiepop act A Smile and a Ribbon are coming to the US in May:

05/23 - Littlefield, NYC, NY (NYC Popfest w/The Embassy, etc.)
05/25 - Lizard Lounge, Boston, MA
05/29 - The Monkey House, Winooski/Burlington, VT
05/30 - Le Divan Orange, Quebec

Facts and figures and jj and more

Warmer Climes vs jj: http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-joakim-benon-of-jj.html
More anger here with Fredik Lindson (The Crêpes, The Embassy) on the receiving end: http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2010/02/facts-figures-with-fredrik-lindson-of.html

The Embassy - C'est la vie, c'est embassy (video)

Via Discobelle, here's something new from The Embassy: http://vimeo.com/8701563

The Embassy + Studio = The Crêpes

Digfi on The Crêpes, a new Swedish act featuring Fredrik Lindson (The Embassy) and Dan Lissvik (Studio): http://www.digfi.com/default.aspx?id=12572 (in Swedish)
The duo's debut album "What else?" comes out on vinyl on June 17 via Information, with a digital/CD release to follow in August. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thecrepes

The Embassy - You tend to forget (video)

The Embassy's brand new video for the single "You tend to forget" is now available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Ahp0NNzCQ&fmt=18

You tend to forget - May 13

New music from The Embassy on May 13? See here: http://srvc.se/

The Embassy auction #1 is over

Esteemed Imperial Recordings labelboss and renown vinyl collector Joakim Gävert is the proud owner of the first copy of The Embassy's new ultra-limited single.

Bob Hund one-ups The Embassy with single-edition single

PSL reports that the new Bob Hund single "Fantastiskt" will be offered as a single edition dubplate: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/03/03/extra-extra-bob-hund-kontrar-slapper-lat-i-ett-enda-exemplar/
To which Service replies, the new ultra-limited 12" single from The Embassy will be engraved with the names of each auction winner on their copy.