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With the strange ability to approach the often saccharine sweet world of electro-pop with an art-punk mentality, blurring the lines between simple pleasures and melodies that need time to unravel, Soviac's "Hello bunny" is a bizarre, though quite welcome effort. There are definitely some rather annoying moments, but this is to be expected with bands such as this who tread a strange path through The Knife's and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' terrain, and these flaws can be forgiven as the 'complicated dance music' approach pays off more and more as the record progresses - "Friction" being one of the first true signs of Soviac's talents. Sadly, even in its most enjoyable moments, I can't ever see myself falling truly in love with this record or allowing it heavy rotation in my stereo, but I will certainly enjoy it on the occasions "Hello bunny" does find its way back into my present.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
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When Anna Ternheim stretches she doesn't go all that far. Still, this five-song EP is a nice twist on the melancholy tranquil folky singer-songwriter piano-based songs that comprise her first two records. The instrumentation is different here, and the sound more spacious and experimental, though still instantly recognizable as her's. Perhaps most refreshing are the lyrics which, as the EP's title implies, go beyond her standard forlorn and defiant love songs toward the mentally ill without the in-your-face humor of, say, Hello Saferide's "High school stalker". "I refuse to believe you've left me / 'cause you'll never leave / nor stop loving me / 'cause I would hurt you beyond belief" she sings with the sweetest tones, setting up an intruiging (if disturbing) juxtaposition. At the end of the day, though, it's still Anna Ternheim all the way, not in the least bit dangerous. But if you like easy going, very pretty, and relaxing mellow songs, you'll enjoy it, and if you don't, you won't. I do.
- Nancy Baym
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There've been a few accidentally discovered wonders this year for me, though I am not sure how many will retain the presence that New Decade's "Hush EP" exudes from start to finish when all's said and done. Easily likened to the oft overlooked North Carolinians Cities, these Swedes' creations radiate youthful sparks, trampling the line between the dour outlook of Interpol and the contemplative chaos that was Archers of Loaf. The emptiness habitually found in introspective numbers is funneled through a more hopeful filter on "Hush"; considered, brooded over, and elated in the final moments of the songs. New Decade have a near flawless delivery: their songs are timed and tempered almost perfectly, waters are muddied and built up before allowing the waves of distorted and delay to consume the compositions. Emil Lundblad's voice is as powerful an apparatus as the beautifully entangled guitar lines or the backline power of the drums and bass, never having to strain to exist alongside the augmenting storms of instrumentation. "I guess you ran from something" and "While tonight still is" are my favorites so far, especially the examinations of unstable, dynamic emotions captured by static photographs in the latter's lyrics (some of the best I've heard from a vocalist for whom English is a second language), though the others barely lag behind. The only downside is the fact it is merely an EP. Putting "Hush" on repeat will quell my desire for more until New Decade reenter the studio, hopefully on the roster of any label smart enough to pick them up.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Warfare Records has signed excellent Danish act munich and will be releasing their debut album "Those who dare" in the near future. Listen to the first single "The young ones" at myspace: myspace.com/munichdk" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/munichdk
Norwegian act Supervixen will tour Germany in November. Check their website for preliminary details: https://www.supervixen.no/
Swedish hip-hop artist Petter has a couple new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/petteronline" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/petteronline
The new album "Goddamnit" will be out in October.
Look for a new single from Pascal in October with an album to follow in November.
Last Days of April (SWE), Kashmir (DK), Wulfgang (ICE), Ida maria (NOR) and Desert Planet (FIN) will each be repping their various countries at the upcoming Polarzoo Festival tour happening in GAS this December. Dates and details: https://www.polarzoofestival.info/
Check out a live video of The Wonderfools playing live from the Böhse Onkelz "Vaya con tioz" DVD: m/watch?v=eX6OnsCTR70" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6OnsCTR70
Look for Detektivbyrån to tour Latvia in October along with an appearance at the main.arsenals.lv/main-eng.php?p=11" target="_blank">Nordic Film Days in Riga.
Nomethod has new mp3 singles from mixtapes & Cellmates and Aerial posted for free download: method.se/" target="_blank">https://www.nomethod.se/
The new label VUF is offering a new comp for free download that includes a few Danish and Swedish artists: mpire.dk/compilation.php" target="_blank">https://vuf-empire.dk/compilation.php
Shelflife is offering up a new track from Swedish act A Smile and a Ribbon on the occasion of the band's debut album "The boy I wish I never met" being released today: m/mp3-bin/smile-boy.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.shelflife.com/mp3-bin/smile-boy.mp3
Soviac
Anna Ternheim
New Decade