Destination New Zealand & Sweden, two realms of indiepop, in our today's
discoveries series!
Salad Boys. Back to my dear New Zealand, this time to Christchuch, to meet this
band formed by Joe Sampson (12-string guitar/vocals), Ben Odering (bass) & Jim Nothing (drums) at the end of 2012. Leaded by Sampson's ideas and his initiative co-running independent label/music collective
Melted Ice Cream, they came out with self-titled mini-album released on cassette in 2013, creating instant buzz out there locally,propelled with their live reputation engaging them in gigs with Sebadoh,
The Bats, Parquet Courts as well as being
David Kilgour's backing band. Now the trio has just released '
Metalmania' on
Trouble in Mind Records. A debut album of instantly catchy, floating, carefree, rural, DIY jangle-pop, somewhere in between
The Feelies (band's name comes from a laughable misheard from song 'Fa Cé La'), early
R.E.M. and their NZ legendary predecessors.
Too much to resist!
The Sun Days. Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, this young
quintet has been on my radar since their first
songs surfaced the Internet around the end of 2013. Tunes like 'You can't make up my mind', 'Don't need to be them', '(Get him) off your mind', or 'Busy people', all points out here is a band with an incredible knack for penning perfect pop songs, something debut LP, entitled '
Album' and out since June proves magnificently. Eight tunes summoning the melancholy, bittersweet and enduring qualities of
The Smiths or The Sundays (obviously), leaded by ice-melting vocals of Elsa Fredriksson.
Bright days ahead, indeed.
Don't Cry Shopgirl. And we end in lovely Stockholm to unveil the parallel
project of our beloved Astrid Wiezell from
Northern Spies alongside John Svensson. They have been playing since 2013, starting to offer their tunes with three singles called 'What You Could Have Been to Me', 'Bring Me Home' and 'Boy You Can Tell Me'. Now you can pre-order the Don’t Cry Shopgirl 7″ at wise
Cloudberry Records website. Four tunes, that judging from the first tastes showed are going to be unmissable. Blissful indie-pop of delightful vocals with an upbeat heart and keyboards providing
melodies penned to stick with you forever.
Don't Cry Shopgirl. And we end in lovely Stockholm to unveil the parallel project of our beloved Astrid Wiezell from Northern Spies alongside John Svensson. They have been playing since 2013, starting to offer their tunes with three singles called 'What You Could Have Been to Me', 'Bring Me Home' and 'Boy You Can Tell Me'. Now you can pre-order the Don’t Cry Shopgirl 7″ at wise Cloudberry Records website. Four tunes, that judging from the first tastes showed are going to be unmissable. Blissful indie-pop of delightful vocals with an upbeat heart and keyboards providing melodies penned to stick with you forever.
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