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'Steve Buscemi's Dreamy Eyes' with track 'Moon' + UK Dates!

Andy Wors

Dec 14, 2019
2 min

'Steve Buscemi's Dreamy Eyes' with track 'Moon' + UK Dates!

We’ve seen the name ‘Steve Buscemi’s Dreamy Eyes’ crop up countless times since they arrived on the Swedish indie scene, and it’s not exactly a name that even we can forget, so we’re delighted to be able to finally introduce them after the release of a new(ish) single, and ahead of their debut album due early next year. I say ‘newish’ because ‘Moon’ was released last month, and another impressive song from a band who’ve made a pretty big impact since they formed in 2015. The

'Cats of Transnistria' - 'Aligning' (album)

Andy Wors

Dec 7, 2019
2 min

'Cats of Transnistria' - 'Aligning' (album)

We have a list of about a dozen albums we want to write about before we wrap up for the Festivities (if we were clever, I guess we'd work out a special '12 Albums of Christmas' thing), so we'll continue with the approach of trying to keep things fairly brief. First up is 'Cats of Transnistria', a band we've written about a few times, but I still never quite think we've given them the time they really deserve. Since their debut EP 'Away' was released back in 2015, the duo base

Andy Wors

Nov 30, 2019
2 min

'Treemer' - 'Meeting' (EP)

So i think it's only right that we get to write about our official new 'favourite' band given it's our 5th birthday, and 'Treemer' from Finland have really captured our hearts with a gorgeous release that blends 80/90s shoegaze and even gothic influences with a more modern indie and even post rock soundscape. Their debut EP 'Meeting' was released just over a week ago to a small fanfare, and we're delighted to do our bit to bring them to the attention of our lovely internation

'Pinemoon' - 'Strange Times' (from album 'Miracle')

Andy Wors

Nov 25, 2019
2 min

'Pinemoon' - 'Strange Times' (from album 'Miracle')

We'll start the week with a shoegaze inspired single and album which has been released just in the last couple of weeks. 'Pinemoon' are from Denmark, and their album 'Miracle' has, to an extent, a nostalgic sound which reminds me of the bands that so influenced me in my teenage years - and thus probably showing my age in the process. They're a duo consisting of Steven Steward and Christoffer Schultz, who've performed in a number of other Danish indie bands, and interesting th

In Short: 'Cats of Transnistria' - 'Born Again' (single)

Andy Wors

Nov 1, 2019
1 min

In Short: 'Cats of Transnistria' - 'Born Again' (single)

There's a flurry of albums due to be released in the next month, and one that we're particularly looking forward to is the new 'Cats of Transnistria' album 'Aligning', which is due to be released on 29th November by Soliti. This will be the third album for the Finnish duo, which follows on from 'Divine' (2016) and then Opium (2018), and from it they've released a new single 'Born Again', a typically atmospheric track, which mixes post rock, shoegaze and minimalist influences.

Introducing...'Spring Teeth' with single 'Land of Bones'

Andy Wors

Sep 5, 2019
1 min

Introducing...'Spring Teeth' with single 'Land of Bones'

We have 2 Finnish indie introductions to bring you today, and we'll start with a trio who were formed back in 2017, but as these things can do it's taken a couple of years to release their first official single. 'Spring Teeth' are from Helsinki and they comprise 3 musicians, Hannu (Vocals / Guitar), Henri (Bass & Vocals) and Petri (Drums) and that debut single we refer to is called 'Land of Bones'. It was actually released back in July, and it's received some pretty cool cove

Andy Wors

May 15, 2019
1 min

Tyynyt - 'Lojun' (single)

It's pretty astonishing that we last wrote about Finnish band 'Tyynyt' approaching 5 years ago, but they were one of the first bands we ever featured ('New Band of the Day No 2') so it's great to catch up with them after all this time. However we have recently featured singer and songwriter Jari Oisalo from the band as part of his new project 'Salainen avaruusohjelma' (Secret Space Machine), and they have a new album out which we will try to get to at some point. Anyway TYYN

'Gentle Ivanhoe Death Skulls' - 'Cedric' (single)

Andy Wors

Apr 12, 2019
1 min

'Gentle Ivanhoe Death Skulls' - 'Cedric' (single)

It's Friday, the sun is (almost) shining, and it seems like a good day for a bumper selection of new Nordic music, covering every style and genre we can manage. We'll start off with the Swedish band 'Gentle Ivanhoe Death Skulls' that we wrote about late in 2017 (was it really that long ago...?), and write music in a psychedelic shoegaze style, where the appeal to me is simply the great sound that the guitars, drums and assorted instruments make. Straight form the start of th

Andy Wors

Jun 28, 2018
1 min

'Toy Savoy' - new single 'In Blue'

We have a couple of different style features coming up at the weekend which hopefully will mix things up a bit, but for now we'll continue with the best of new Nordic releases that we've come across in the last week. We've featured Norwegian band 'Toy Savoy' twice before, who we first spotted because their name just kept popping up on gig listings everywhere, and after their appearance at 'Trondheim Calling' we were prompted to write about them. Their new track is entitled 'I

'Valmai' - Botany (single from EP 'Magma')

Andy Wors

May 24, 2018
1 min

'Valmai' - Botany (single from EP 'Magma')

Three more introductions today to artists we've not featured before, and an update from someone we've written about previously. We'll start by heading over to Denmark and 'Valmai', a musician who has made a real impression with her debut track 'Botany' - one of 6 tracks from her debut EP 'Magma'. 'Valmai' is the solo project by Stine Drejer from Denmark (remember the days when people used their own names?), a musician who's been involved in a few projects, but together with c

Introducing... Dreaming of the Pyramids with single 'The Sun Still Shines for You'

Andy Wors

Apr 17, 2018
2 min

Introducing... Dreaming of the Pyramids with single 'The Sun Still Shines for You'

We have a stream of new releases to feature this week, but we'll start the week with a band from Sweden who made their debut a couple of years back, but after a break of a couple of years, have returned with a new vigour and a new sound too. 'Dreaming of the Pyramids' are a 4 piece band from Karlskrona, a naval city in the south of Sweden, and they were formed with members who had previously played in 2 bands, 'Parlour' and 'Blitz united' - I think I found a trace of the latt

Black Light White Light - new single 'Teenage Dream'

Andy Wors

Jan 22, 2018
1 min

Black Light White Light - new single 'Teenage Dream'

This weeks main focus is to write album reviews, but we'll keep dropping in some new tracks, and the new single 'Teenage Dream' from 'Black Light White Light' is definitely worth highlighting, and it's yet another great psychedelic influenced track coming out of Denmark (with some help from Sweden) too. So 'Black Light White Light' was originally the sole creation of musician Martin Ejlertsen, formed in Copenhagen back in 2009, and with the support of fellow musicians they ha

Andy Wors

Jan 18, 2018
3 min

Peace on Earth - 'Silent Killer'

We've covered a fair range of styles in the last week, some Swedish post metal as well as some pretty easy listening Power Pop, so it's good to be able to mix that up by covering a band who today have released an album full of continuous rock noise. 'Peace on Earth' are from Gothenburg and they are a trio of musicians, which is somewhat surprising given they collectively produce enough of a racket for at least a 5 piece band. Their debut album 'Silent Killer' is described by