Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Swedesplease

Swedesplease

Gorgeous POP from The Late Call (plus new song/EP from Little Big Adventure)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:38 AM PDT

I’m really supposed to be previewing the Swedes at SXSW. But when I heard about this debut record from The Late Call being put out by the very fine German label Tapete everything else was put on the back burner.

The Late Call is really just one guy (+friends) from Stockholm named Johannes Maye. His debut record is called Leaving Notes and chronicles the long distance relationship he had with his girlfriend. The record and this song has an organic feel on account of the mostly acoustic instrumentation. He’s joined by Andreas Söderström (ASS, RUBIES, TAKEN BY TREES), Elias Åkesson (Stockholm's ELIAS & THE WIZZKIDS), BJÖRN KLEINHENZ and Henrik Roger (GHOST OF TOM JOAD).

“Linnea” is an example of the gorgeous pop you can expect from The Late Call. Lots more info on this project here.

Linnea

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Bonus:

A band I’ve been writing about faithfully since 2006 (here, here) has been newly signed and minted by Labrador Records. I don’t think I should ignore them now that they’ve made it. So here’s their first single and the title track off Little big Adventure’s upcoming Labrador release.

The Hateful Eye

Bonus mp3:

Salt (Erik Hallden cover)
Everything’s Going to Be Alright