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Miljon (Sweden) – ‘Windows 79’ (track from debut album ‘Don’t they know’)
Flicking through the 13 tracks of Miljon’s debut album for a sampler I couldn’t resist ‘Windows 79’ mainly because I recently subjected...
andyworsey
May 20, 20212 min read


Pools (Sweden) - ‘Grave’ (track from debut album ‘You & Us’)
Swedish duo Pools were here last year with their debut song ‘Walk’, which was billed as the title track to this album but which patently...
andyworsey
May 14, 20212 min read


Wy (Sweden) - ‘Marriage’ (album)
I have a collection of albums to write about, so I’ll try and keep it direct and concise, and not witter on about all types of stuff....
andyworsey
May 12, 20213 min read


Rural Tapes (Norway) – ‘Rural Tapes’ (album, including the title track Rural Tapes)
I’ve long anticipated the day when I could write that; the title track from the artist’s eponymous debut album. When we last paid a visit...
andyworsey
Apr 30, 20213 min read


Pihka Is My Name (Finland) - ‘Everything Is In Between’ (album)
It’s not often that I take musical recommendations from British newspaper The Sunday Sport, but they’ve got it pretty much right with...
andyworsey
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Tortusa (Norway): Bre (title track from album)
After yesterday’s Daði Freyr and his Icelandic monster that looked like something out of the video for The Birdie Song by The Tweets, I...
andyworsey
Mar 30, 20212 min read


The Walter Metsärinne EP (Finland) - ‘Never In Control’ (Album)
I repeat the same phrase so many times, but Tim Smith was right, it really is ‘all about the tunes’. And Finnish multi-instrumentalist...
andyworsey
Mar 23, 20213 min read


Sibille Attar (Sweden) - ‘A History of Silence’ (album)
We’ve covered some impressive album releases in 2021, and whilst comparisons are somewhat vulgar given the diversity of styles we feature...
andyworsey
Mar 15, 20214 min read


Lydmor (Denmark): Capacity (album)
If anyone in the music business merits the adjective ‘enigmatic’ it is Lydmor. Her previous album ranged over her inscrutable affairs and...
andyworsey
Mar 12, 20218 min read


Volcano Victims (Iceland) - ‘Volcano Victims’ (album)
Back to album releases, and I have a fair few to cover off. I’ve written about Icelandic songwriter Gaui before, his Volcano Victims...
andyworsey
Mar 2, 20212 min read


Sturle Dagsland (Norway) - ‘Sturle Dagsland’ (album)
We try to write about a wide range of musical styles and genres, And whilst I don’t like categorising artists really, I think we all do...
andyworsey
Feb 25, 20212 min read


Gurli Octavia (Denmark) - 'I Could Be Blossoming Instead' (Debut album)
By necessity this must be a long review. It is impossible to do justice to this lady and her first album in a couple of hundred words. It...
andyworsey
Jan 28, 20218 min read


Axel Flóvent (Iceland) - ‘You Stay by the Sea’ (album)
We’ve written about Axel Flóvent numerous times over recent years, but as Dan pointed out in his Artists to Watch in 2021 feature, he’s...
andyworsey
Jan 25, 20213 min read


DOPHA (Denmark) - 'The Game' (album)
Citing Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift as inspiration, it’s no surprise that this debut album from Danish artist DOPHA (released today,...
andyworsey
Jan 22, 20212 min read


Jon-Olov Woxlin (Sweden) - The Great Unknown (album)
My New Years resolution is to review more Nordic album releases, even if I have to keep them relatively brief, so I can hardly ignore a...
andyworsey
Jan 13, 20213 min read


The Cosmic Rabbit Holes - ‘The World is Drugs’ (album)
I’m still thinking about the stuff I missed in 2020, although the reality is that the wealth of music out there is so vast I could still...
andyworsey
Jan 5, 20213 min read


Sea Lion - ‘I Heard there’s Music on the Town’ (album)
Writing about my Singles and Albums of the Year, and reading lots of other lists on different websites, is actually a pretty sobering...
andyworsey
Jan 2, 20213 min read


Faratuben - ‘Sira Kura’ (vinyl release)
We don’t normally cover re-releases, but wanted to give a quick mention to Faratuben, a project which brings together musicians from...
andyworsey
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Das Body – 'Peregrine' (album)
So who is the bird of prey, then? I take it they are referring to lofty, gangly-limbed singer and occasional bassist Ellie Linden, whose...
andyworsey
Dec 11, 20206 min read


Mayflower Madame - Ludwig Meidner (single / video from album ‘Prepared For A Nightmare’)
I suspect that Mayflower Madame are probably named after the infamous New York escort agency owner Sydney Biddle Barrows rather than the...
andyworsey
Dec 10, 20202 min read
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