Next Wave: Hjördis-Britt Åström

Hjördis-Britt Åström is our brand new nordic obsession from Sweden. The man behind the music is Dmitriy Gruber, the founder and the musical mastermind here. Dmitriy likes horror movies, VHS, wine and night drives through the forest and that is what inspires him for his musical creation. The music, bedroom electro, dark and cold, where frozen beats overlap with cunty lyrics leaving a pop song underneath. It's like electoclash is alive again for a moment thinking back to early Ladytron and Miss Kitten. Vocal duties come from among others Yana Semour and Mariana Diakova who are part of his team. This has been a great year for Hjördis-Britt Åström as they managed to release two albums (II) and (III) and several EPs. Music with great sense of personality and style. We hope to have more of them in the near future, meanwhile check the music.

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Out This Week: Lust For Youth- Perfect View

Lust for Youth are back with new album which is out this week. This is the third full length album by the Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide which is announced to be warmer and more inviting than any of his previous work. The new album is entitled 'Perfect View' and is composed of largely instrumental pieces, focusing more on beats, samples and general ambiance. 

 The band will embark on their first European and us tours this spring and summer, joining Chelsea Wolfe in Europe this April/May and touring the Us in late May beginning with the Chaos in Tejas festival and ending with Brooklyn’s Northside festival.

http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr093/

 

Instant Hit: Virna Lindt- Intelligence

Virna Lindt, the Swedish model and star released two albums and several singles in the first half of the 80's decade. All her records were produced by Tot Tylor and they were issued by Compact Organisation label. Her music was mainly pop with some experimental inputs. "Intelligence" was released in 1983 and it was featured on her debut album Shiver. In 2007 LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) reissued her debut album with bonus tracks.  

Daybehavior- Follow That Car

The Swedish electro-pop trio Daybehavior are back with their third album 'Follow That Car'. This time they have chosen to do all by themselves, in full control and no obligations to other record companies. The album is described as suggestive and cinematic and features 12 brand new tracks including the single releases "It's a Game" and "Silent Dawn". The album was officially released on September 14th through Graplur.  

www.daybehavior.com
 

The Sounds- Something To Die For

The Sounds have released their fourth stdio album entitled 'Something To Die For'. The album is out on SideOneDummy Records and features the singles "Better Off Dead" and "Something To Die For" both released earlier this year in February. The worldwide release date for the album is March 29, 2011.

http://the-sounds.com

Next Wave: Bye Bye Bicycle

Bye Bye Bicycle was formed 8 years ago just outside a small swedish coastal town called Bovallstrand. Their music is pure discopop, deadly serious, but still friendship at it's best! They have been working for about 3 years with their debut album 'Compass'. Very soon you're about to find out what life is about in the deepest forest of Sweden. Bye Bye Bicycle set sail for new destinations! See you there...

byebyebicycle.com
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Daybehavior- City Lights

Daybehavior is back! After 7 years of waiting, the band today release their first new song, called "City Lights". The band is now in the studio mixing their forthcoming album and as a taste of what's going to come, you can now listen to one track in full, "City lights" , and extracts from two other tracks will be online soon. The songs are available for listening on Facebook, Myspace and on this site for free download as well.

http://www.daybehavior.com/

Röyksopp - Junior

'Junior' is the third studio album release by the Norwegian group Röyksopp. The album was released today March 23, 2009, on Astralwerks and features collaborations with Robyn, Lykke Li, Karin Dreijer Andersson and Anneli Drecker. The sound on the album is a combination of Synthpop, Downtempo and Electropop. The first single taken from the album is "Happy Up Here".

http://royksopp.com

The Mary Onettes- 'Dare' EP

According to their official Myspace page, the Mary Onettes are going to release a three track EP 'Dare'. Two of the three tracks have been uploaded to their Myspace where you can listen to them. The first track "Dare" was partly recorded in in a small church nearby their hometown. The other two tracks "Kicks" and "God Knows I Had Plans" are as they say "pretty much leftovers" and something they didn't record before.

www.myspace.com/themaryonettes

Seppuku

Seppuku was a Swedish New Wave band which was formed by friends Rasmus, Ronny and Fredric in 1984. The trio started to experiment with music, which was the result of their common interest in spy flicks, electronic music, Asian culture and space-age futurism.

“Under Your Control”/”A New Illusion” was released in 1984 which brought some line up changes and a tour in Swedish metropolises as Varnamo, Norrkoping, Ljungby and Oskarshamn, through Germany and the BeNeLux countries and ends up in Le Havre, France. Back home again, the latter city is sung about in one of the new songs; “Assignment France”, which is part of another successful recording session. The other two tracks on this session are; “Man Utan Moral” and the still unreleased; “Hon Gav Mig Allt”.

After these few releases the band disappeared into the blue. Three of the members are still in the music business while the other two became professional football players. Two of their songs appeared on the compilation Reminiscent which was released in 2004.