The Virtues - Bleak ways
Oh hey, a new single from Swedish powerpop act The Virtues! Check them out tonight in Stockholm at Lasse i Parken with Paris and Peter Morén.
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New from Zeon Light: Horrible Houses + Paddington DC
Out now on : a C25 from lofi indie act Horrible Houses plus a brand new 7-track release from the always-reliable Paddington Distortion Combo. Hit up Bandcamp for ordering info and paid downloads and keep an eye out for new stuff on the label from the likes of Diskoteket, Erik de Vahl, Tsukimono and more.
I am Super Ape - Psychonaut EP
New psychrock/shoegaze outta Malmö featuring members and guestspots from all sorts of local acts. I'm pretty much burnt on this genre, but I can't deny that these folks are quite good at what they do. Look for a split 12" with Mono Stereo at the end of the month with tourdates to follow.
Tuusanuuskat - Kukkien Guantanamo Bay (video)
Psychedelic Finland in full effect.
Barren Womb - Pink funeral
New heavy sludge outta Norway from a band called Barren Womb. Look for the band's new EP "On the origin of the fæces" on September 14 via ; no word on whether or not they'll also be lifting the design of Type O Negative's original artwork off their album of almost-the-same name, but I guess we'll have to wait and see (and never unsee).
Grave album preview
Cult Nation is offering up a full-length preview of the upcoming Grave album "Endless procession of souls": https://www.cvltnation.com/exclusive-cvlt-nation-streaming-grave-perimortem/
Dödens Dal - Kall Luft (trailer)
Dödens Dal, coming this October via .
Glue Girls - Anemic
New Swedish indie heavily indebted to Starmarket and the like. Hear Glue Girls' entire new EP "We're here to pick up the pieces" via Spotify.
Top Tigers Play New Sound
Finland meets Sweden by way of gentle indierock. This is Finns The New Tigers covering Swedes Top Sound while the latter return the favor on the flipside. Hear both tracks and/or order the 7" here.
Springfactory - Enough about you
New music from SKwBN sideproject Springfactory off the band's new album, due out this fall.
Slowgold - Clark
"Clark" is the debut single from Slowgold's upcoming self-titled debut, due out August 24 via . Quite a bit different from the label's other acts such as Nitad and Bombus, but that's by no means a bad thing!
Westkust - Alan Life (video)
I know I said I wasn't going to be posting much, but the new Westkust EP is too good to deny. Check out the band's record release show on July 14 at Skjul Fyra Sex in Göteborg.
Beläten has a new website
The excellent Swedish "post avant garde pop" label , run by Thomas Ekelund of Trepaneringsritualen/Soma Sema, has a nice new website where you can stream/purchase all of their releases thus far: https://www.belaten.se/
Always nice to see a well-made website with multimedia content that doesn't necessarily rely on Flash.
Museum of Bellas Artes - Bear cubs (video)
The latest Museum of Bellas Artes single now has a video.
Mackaper - Beppe
A new old song from Swedish instrumental act Mackaper dating back to the days when they were an organ + drum machine duo. The band is currently working on a new album which should be ready sometime in 2013.