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FOCUSING ON DARKWAVE,
POSTPUNK, ROCK, NOISEPOP AND SHOEGAZE,
FOCUSING ON DARKWAVE,
POSTPUNK, ROCK, NOISEPOP AND SHOEGAZE,
Listen here! And tomorrow, we’re celebrating the release with a party and live show at Folk in Gothenburg. The record is also available on orange vinyl, available here.
The one-man band Tentakel has been mesmerizing live audiences for over a decade with yaw dropping exercises of timing and synchronicity. The unique style of Tentakel’s live shows includes arpeggiated synthesizers triggered by the man himself during his ferocious drumming, strobe lights synced to the beat, and in the middle of it all: the sweat drenched wild-eyed drummer himself.
The new record Forest Flanger is filled with as much pure energy as it is with soul and space, and captures the live energy in a fair way just as his previous releases, but now containing some symphonic elements and vocals on some of the tracks by the mighty Ebbot Lundberg from The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
We are very proud to release the new EP from THE CELL!
Pressrelease – The Cell – Home v2
The Cell fuses techno, darkwave and 80s synth music to evoke a pulsating sci-fi dystopian soundtrack that’s equally cinematic as it is danceable.
On the new EP Neon Soundscapes, The Cell is relying on experimental sound design elements to create interesting distinctive melodies and textures.
Listen here!
It’s finally out: Sadly Sunday’s album A Royal Appointment! Sadly Sunday combines postpunk and emo in a way that will captivate any fans of Metz, Fugazi and Broder Daniel and melt their hearts. Tonight, the band will celebrate the release with a party and gig in Stockholm.
Listen to the album here!
Venera66 is the third and last single before the album release and it’s perhaps the album’s most melodic and groovy song, where Tentakel’s drumming drives the song forward until Ebbot Lundberg’s atmospheric vocals finish the song.
Listen here!
And check out the video here!
The one-man band Tentakel has been mesmerizing live audiences for over a decade with yaw dropping exercises of timing and synchronicity. The unique style of Tentakel’s live shows includes arpeggiated synthesizers triggered by the man himself during his ferocious drumming, strobe lights synced to the beat.
”Left Side Insane” is the third and last single before Sadly Sunday’s album comes out, and it’s a post-punk / emo hit!
Here it is!
New music from Tentakel out today! ”Vakuum Parade” is the second single taken from the upcoming album.
Listen here.
And don’t miss the release party on October 28th in Gothenburg.
The new record Forest Flanger is filled with as much pure energy as it is with soul and space, and captures the live energy in a fair way just as his previous releases, but now containing some symphonic elements and vocals on some of the tracks by the mighty Ebbot Lundberg from The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
The second single from THE CELL’s upcoming EP Neon Soundscapes is out now!
Listen here.
The Cell fuses techno, darkwave and 80s synth music to evoke a pulsating sci-fi dystopian soundtrack that’s equally cinematic as it is danceable.
On the new EP Neon Nightscapes, The Cell is relying on experimental sound design elements to create interesting distinctive melodies and textures.
The third single of Isoberlinia’s debut album is called ”Otherlife” and it’s about walking a tightrope together with someone you love, trying to cross a divide. You lead, trying to make it over, but when you turn around you realize that person isn’t there anymore.
Listen here.
Here it is! Tentakel’s first single ”Autohypnos” that blends Tentakel’s drumming and a driving synth bass with chanting herding calls and additional vocals by Ebbot Lundberg of The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
Listen to ”Autohypnos” here!
The upcoming album Forrest Flanger will be out on October 27th.
Pontus Torstensson, the drummer of URAN GBG and The Exorcist GBG, has a reputation of being a human machine/metronome of high-energy, and a hard-hitting drummer. The bands above requires nothing less than that. Add ambient and psychedelia and you’ve got Tentakel.
The one-man band Tentakel has been mesmerizing live audiences for over a decade with yaw dropping exercises of timing and synchronicity. The unique style of Tentakel’s live shows includes arpeggiated synthesizers triggered by the man himself during his ferocious drumming, strobe lights synced to the beat, and in the middle of it all: the sweat drenched wild-eyed drummer himself.
Sadly Sunday combines postpunk and emo in a way that will captivate any fans of Metz, Fugazi and Broder Daniel and melt their hearts. Their debut album A Royal Appointment will be out on October 13th, and the second single with the same title as the album is out on today – a song about not feeling heard when you are vulnerable and in need of help, resulting in a mixture of anger and sadness.
Listen here.
It’s out! Here is the song created by Childmind and Seabiscuit! ”Pilot” is a concoction of their common influences: fuzz, distorted drums and nice melodies.
Listen here.
“Creative and cool vocal melodies” – Magic Frog Company
“Cool, catchy and easy to vibe with” – Rock Fueguino
Listen here!
The second single of the new album – Paraline – is a story about building an illusion of something with someone. Something richer than it actually is. The song is drawn in the Isoberlinia soundscape of electronic beats and etheral guitars, conveying the core of the duo’s upcoming LP ”Silhouette Bound” that’s coming out on September 22 on vinyl and digitally.
We’ll also have a release party in Stockholm on the day of the album release. More info to come!
We’re proud to release ”Death in the Streets Tonight” from the Swedish dream pop duo Spaceland – a beautiful melancholic indie gem that makes you want to cry, dance and smile at the same time. The song is about obsession and an idea of love, about indulging in a fixation and the strong feelings it evokes but also about the fear of not existing anymore.
”Death in the Streets Tonight” is recorded by the band on the island of Gotland and features drums recorded with only one microphone, a synth, bass, vocals and tambourine. The idea was to handle the synth like an electric guitar, and to experiment with making a simple drum recording to be able to handle the whole sound of the drum kit. From that simplicity, something greater could be created.
Listen here.
We’re very pleased to be releasing the new EP from The Cell this fall, and this is the first taste from it: Stellar!
The Cell fuses techno, darkwave and 80s synth music to evoke a pulsating sci-fi dystopian soundtrack that’s equally cinematic as it is danceable.
On the new EP Neon Nightscapes, The Cell is relying on experimental sound design elements to create interesting distinctive melodies and textures.
The first single ”Stellar” paints pictures of dystopian Blade Runner-espue landscapes where the music conjures up a darkness, but at the same time a light can be sensed at the end of the tunnel.
Listen here!
We’re very happy to welcome Sadly Sunday into the Black Hair Records family, and today we’re releasing their single ”Skeletals” that’s taken from the upcoming debut album ”A Royal Appointment” that we’re releasing this fall.
Listen to ”Skeletals” here.
The first single from Isoberlinia’s upcoming album is called “Leave Your Body” and is a dreamy ballad about dealing with loss. Now the song has been reinterpreted and remixed by the shoegaze duo Pink Milk.
Pink Milk drags the song down to a new level of darkness, drowns it in reverb and transforms it into a sensual ballad where the spirit of Leonard Cohen sings along with backing vocals from Pink Milk.
Listen here!
The first single from Isoberlinia’s coming full length album is out now! Listen here.
”an evocative composition that captures a dreamlike and otherworldly essence”
– Darkenin Heart
”mesmerizing melodies and ethereal soundscapes”
– Destroy/Exist
After many years of work, the duo Isoberlinia are finally set to follow up their critically acclaimed debut EP Isoberlinia released 2019. Their first full length album Silhouette Bound is due to be released this fall and is a dreamy and heartfelt collection of songs that would lend itself well to any mysterious television production or film.
Ruin’s second single is out now!
”Entirely unconventional and refreshingly innovative, we found Eden exciting and intriguing.”
– The Wild Is Calling
Listen here.
Anyone who has been to live shows within Stockholm’s alternative music scene recently has probably not missed Ruin and their live performances. Like a sad cry from the underground that finds its way up through the concrete, emotional dark vocals emerge from the speakers and are met by a melancholic synth mat, combined with hypnotic drums and dark bass. Magnificent, powerful and enchanting. Golden Lights is the debut single from Ruin!
”Golden Lights sounds as if Xiu Xiu made the soundtrack to Drive. In other words: absolutely unbelievably good. Do not miss!”
– HYMN
Listen here.
Pink Milk is back with a new ballad. Close your eyes and get high.
See the band live at Viva Sounds tomorrow.
Listen to ”River of Glass” here.
”an absolutely winsome dark ballad” – Destroy//Exist
”A fantastic shoegaze track!” – IndieTapes
”River of Glass will remind some of us what it feels like to fall in love” – Mystic Sons
”A soundscape to soak in and stay in” – HYMN
We’re very happy to present the new EP from Seabiscuit: ”They Learned to Fear the Name Seabiscuit”.
Listen here.
”Unlike many other instrumental acts, Seabiscuit is not out to appear harsh or melancholy ‘difficult’, but here we have five tracks that breathe hope, sunshine, and flower meadows.”
– Slavestate Magazine (review: 4 out of 5)
”fluid dreams and post rock in a wonderful dance together.”
– American Pancake
Proud to release the first single from Seabiscuit’s upcoming EP today 🖤
Available on all digital platforms here.
”The band have managed to create something extraordinary” -HYMN
The uncrowned king of melodic instrumental alternative rock is back with an EP titled ”They learned to fear the name Seabiscuit” – a collection of five songs recorded live in Gothenburg, Sweden, during two days by the four members of Seabiscuit, creating a vibrant welded groove and interaction between drums, electric guitar, bass guitar and synth. The music has a heavy focus on strong melodies while keeping the soundscape in constant change, with nods to all the alternative rock bands you listened to during the early 2000s – although examining the songs closely, one might even find some well hidden influences from Jazz music.
To celebrate the release of the EP, there will be a release party on Pustervik in Gothenburg on may 20th when the band will perform the EP in its entirety.
We’re very proud to unleash this monster upon the world! Pink Milk’s second album Ultraviolet is here.
“Ultraviolet is a strong record that enshrouds you with its atmospheric goth-rock charm from the very beginning. Pink Milk are tapping into a niche section of the current music scene, and manage to ride the wave of shoegaze resurgence while keeping a distinct sense of individuality, which is no mean feat by today’s standards.” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT (7/10)
”Their gothic darkness becomes your new guiding light” – GAFFA (4/6)
Listen: https://orcd.co/ultravioletalbum
”Maria’s sensitive voice and the beauty of the soundscape almost makes me break down completely.” – GAFFA
”Pink Milk slows down the tempo, but the music feels just as engaged as the most explosive songs” – HYMN
“Definitely worth checking out for fans of Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Slowdive” – Zero Magazine
“The latest single from the upcoming album Ultraviolet has everything you love about them” – 482Mhz
”With an almost funereal character and a very euphonious sound, Everything Must Die, completes an interesting run of singles which pave the way for their anticipated sophomore full length.” – Destroy//Exist
”Elegant and dark dreampop” – Darkenin Heart
”Drenched in reverb, ‘Everything Must Die’ is a striking new release” – Electric Sound of Joy
”A very underground paradise” – Indie Criollo
”Pink Milk has something really fascinating. The distant songs are original enough and yet elegantly familiar and the production elegantly minimalist.” – Songs of the Day/Päivän Biisit
”A prime act in contemporary dreampop and shoegaze” – Destroy//Exist
”Once again, there is power in the band’s despondent lyrics” – Darkenin Heart
”very intense dream pop” – Indie Criollo
”Another magical track from the duo” – HYMN
Listen here
Influenced by The Cure and The Smiths, Pink Milk combines 90s style heavy upbeat drums and miserable lyrics about losing someone in their fourth single of the year, titled ”Here Comes the Pain”.
”Zero Magazine are impressed. Friends of atmospheric rock, dark wave, shoe gaze and post-punk definitely have to check out this band!” – Zero Magazine
”Beautiful and ghostly, just like Pink Milk at their best” – Popmani
”Pink Milk’s connection to the eighties is strong” – Darkenin Heart
”Pink Milk are bursting with artfulness in 2021” – Destroy//Exist
Listen here!
… or here:
Japanese koto strings meets a Swedish 80s rock ballad inspired by Marie Fredriksson of Roxette, wrapped in a ghostly atmosphere driven by a heavy beat when Pink Milk presents their third single of the year.
Today, we invite you to celebrate the anniversary of a future event – 8 years from now on July 11th 2029, when the resistance will launch an assault on Skynet and take over the mainframe.
Pink Milk have transformed the best soundtrack of all time into an even darker, hypnotic, atmospheric style. Many have seen the band play this song live, and now they’ve recorded it to be heard by everyone.
Let’s make this song reach Arnold and Brad.
PM ♥︎ T2
Listen here.
”Dreamy guitar magic capable of waking the dead” – GAFFA
”the dreamlike airiness of Cocteau Twins and Julee Cruise maxed out to the absolute fuzziest” – Destroy//Exist
”like getting lost in a magical forest” –– Savant Musikmagasin
“a shoegaze banger which should echo between the houses from north to south throughout the summer. Simply top class!” – HYMN
”Blue Eyes (River of Glass)” is the first story from the collection of dark tales found on the upcoming album by Pink Milk. The single is an 80’s inspired reverb-filled ballad about not getting the one you want.
Since returning to Sweden from their acclaimed shows at Iceland Airwaves, Reeperbahn Festival and JaJaJa in London in late 2019, just before the pandemic broke loose, the praised dark wave duo Pink Milk have been working hard on finishing their second album that is coming out this fall.
It’s out! We proudly present to you: the debut album from Childmind – a psychedelic rock masterpiece that keeps on enchanting us with its twists and turns and beautiful melodies.
We pressed a very limited edition of this one. 100 copies, white vinyl. Available through Bengans records store.
Listen to the whole album:
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”Golden psychedelia that is shimmering in ethereal goodness.”
– Clunk Magazine
”An unexpected psychedelic instrumental that will sweep you off your feet.”
– Found
”One second it’s pulsing kosmiche electronica and the next it ramps up into a heady rock mantra worthy of comparison to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. It bodes well for his upcoming album”
– Doubtful Sounds
Indeed a name for psych-rock-Sweden to keep its eyes on this fall.”
– Festivalrykten
”Childmind himself has a clear influence of early psychedelic rock, marked by his acoustic guitar following the electric guitar’s fuzz effects”
– Synths of Eden
”Glans convinces right from the start and there is much that speaks for a bright future.”
– HYMN
This is the last single from Childmind before we unleash the album. ”Glow” is something quite different in comparison to the previously released singles from Childmind.
We’re hearing the psych rock-influences that we’re used to hearing when it comes to Childmind, but we’re also getting some Motown and soul. This is truly one beautiful song, telling a story about one of the biggest experiences in life. Enjoy!
Oh, and on Saturday, we’re having a big release party for Childmind’s debut album. See you at Pustervik, Gothenburg – around 7 pm.