"Rescue" is an oddity in Dear Euphoria's catalogue. On one hand, the verses allude to the bleakness that usually defines her work ("I have let darkness blind me" + "I sing when I can't feel me", for example), but the chorus is anything but. At least, on the surface -- it's such an absurd gesture of optimism in the context of her new EP "This night will flee" that I refuse to purely take it at face value, though nothing can take away from the fact that it is, at its core, a beautiful pop song. There's always a tragic note in Dear Euphoria's vocal delivery and in this particular piece, I imagine that it betrays a hidden catastrophe. Be it a love that is unrequited or a partner separated by death or whatever other terrible calamity you can picture in your mind as the song plays on, just know that it can't end well. Intended or not, the joyous sentiment is tinted with grimness and I can't hear it any other way.
Susanne Sundfør's "The brothel" was NPR's song of the day on June 28: https://n.pr/ahtSRJ
This is the best song of 2010, hands down. Shame that the rest of the album can't quite match it, but whatever, I fully expect her to win the 2nd $1 million NOK A-ha stipend that she deserves.
01. Kent
02. Robyn
03. Familjen
04. Håkan Hellström
05. The National
06. The Radio Dept.
07. Jens Lekman
08. Acid House Kings
09. The Bear Quartet
10. Teenage Fanclub
manic videogame metal act Next Life will be releasing a new CDEP called "Resurrection" on July 5 via . If it's anything like their recent split with Haust, I'm sure it'll be killer.
If this record had been released in the US, Yamon Yamon would be the perfect support band for the Cap'n Jazz reunion tour. However, while sonic similarities exist between those groups, it's from all of the Kinsella brothers' catalogue which influence is taken. It's quite a refreshing heritage too, not only because the music does not date itself as easily, but also because it's always been very competent. Yamon Yamon adhere to that aesthetic on their debut, creating a piece a bit more lighter and simultaneously punkier ("African nights") and one with indie-centric ferocity ("The darker place"). What has continuously struck me whilst listening to this though, is how great it must sound live. - Matt Giordano
[ingenting]'s latest single "medan vi sov" is available for free streaming/download via along with the b-side cover version by Anna von Hausswolf: https://www.labrador.se/sov/
will be releasing a new 7" from Trondheim-based black metal act Legiones this coming fall. Two tracks, both from the band's ultra-limited demo and remastered for vinyl.
Swedish psych/weirdos Ved will release their debut album"Gershwins pipe" on July 17 via offshoot . There will be a release party at Club Babel in malmö that same evening.
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