Swedesplease

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:15 AM CST

I haven’t written about a single Swedish act with any sizeable U.S. following for weeks if not months. You can do a search of Swedesplease and find no mention of Loney Dear, SKWBN, Lykke Li or anything on Labrador for that matter. I think that’s pretty astounding (and it’s taking a toll on my readership). But I got into this to write about lesser known Swedish acts and will continue on that path `til I quit.

Leffe P is one such band creating music that is catchy and fun loving. The band’s bio goes something like this (via Google Translate):

For some peace of the soul a washing machine
For some infidelity is a dishwasher with the cord in
For some people are happy not happy at all special
For some people happiness is a glass cone with chocolate
For some, everything is nothing and nothing is everything
It spins around in the world, is starting to feel cold.

My childhood waiting, no one knows what it is waiting for.

As you can probably tell by now I like my Swedish indie rock to have a horns, accordion, Glockenspiel, piano, odd percussion and singable harmonies. You’ll find all these in the songs of Jeffe P. Especially the song below and the video for "Alla vill ha öl men ingen vill dö". “Njutanger” is from the band’s new EP Pensionatsbacken. Enjoy. And don’t evah say I was a sellout.

Njutanger

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"Alla vill ha öl men ingen vill dö"

“Alla vill ha öl men ingen vill dö” by Leffe P from Nisse Axman on Vimeo.

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New Mats Udd directed video for the song “Fuglesang” by Existensminimum…

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 03:39 PM CST

…complete with donkey-headed, bikini-clad zombies.

Fuglesang

New song/video from Symfoniorkestern (Sweden’s only experimental indie symphonic orchestra)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 10:30 AM CST

I’m going to follow up on my previous post about the group Symfoniorkestern (the only one ever for the band) with yet another post about this Symphonic Orchestra. How’s that for obscure Swedish orchestral indie pop?

Here’s the band’s eclectic list of influences courtesy of their Myspace page:

beethoven & debussy & chopin & bach & pachelbel & the brilliant green & kaji hideki & shiina ringo & pizzicato five & cornelius & kent & sergio mendes & broder daniel & lars winnerbäck & takeshi kobayashi & vapnet & sibiria & hospitalet & fiona apple & judy and mary & frank sinatra & the beatles & david bowie & tv-resistori & malice mizer & schytts & joe hisaishi & nobou uematsu.

And here’s the new song followed by the video. Enjoy.

Reprise

And the cool handmade animated video for “Reprise”

Symfoniorkestern - Reprise