New Music Nordics – Album and EP releases for June 2022
Denmark
| Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annika Aakjær | Esthers Orkester | Album | 2/6/22 | Singer songwriter | Spotify |
| Bbybites | Don't Care… (But I Do) | EP | 10/6/22 | Pop | Spotify |
| ICEKIID | Ingen Roser Uden Torne | Album | 3/6/22 | Hip hop | Spotify |
Commentary: Quite the variety of styles with this month's Danish NMN contingent. It's definitely Bbybites who has caught the ears though. Rapper Martha Maj Hauptmann brings the attitude with her refreshing mix of pop and hip hop. Track “Whatever“ from her latest EP is on rotation.
Finland
| Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANTCHEV:DOMAIN | The Lions We Are | Album | 1/6/22 | Folk | Bandcamp |
| IANAI | Sunir | Album | 10/6/22 | Folk | Bandcamp |
Commentary: IANAI's debut album really does defy genre classification, with its epic soundscapes influenced by folk music from across the globe. The talent found on “Sunir” is nothing to be sniffed at either, with guest appearances from HIM, Sisters of Mercy and Massive Attack to name a few.
Iceland
| Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fjara | Surfdays | EP | 10/6/22 | Surf rock | Spotify |
| Hugrún | Post-Apocalyptic Love Songs | EP | 23/6/22 | Indie pop | Spotify |
| Una Torfa | Flækt Og Týnd Og Einmana | EP | 10/6/22 | Singer songwriter | Spotify |
Commentary: This might become my new obsession. After unexpectedly discovering some Finnish surf rock last month, this month it's the turn of Iceland. Check out the acoustic title track from Fjara – whose name translates to beach/shore – on their brand-new EP “Surfdays”.
Norway
| Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorn | Over The Horizon Radar | Album | 17/6/22 | Hard rock | href+ |
| Khold | Svartsyn | Album | 24/6/22 | Black metal | href+ |
Commentary: Jørn Lande is back with a new studio album, five years since 2017's “Life On Death Road”. Where “Over The Horizon Radar“ lacks in innovation or even boundary pushing, it makes up for in familiar power vocals and eleven solid melodic metal songs.
Sweden
| Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bells Fell Silent | The Soil And The Hammering Beat | Album | 3/6/22 | Indie rock | Bandcamp |
| Benjamin Ingrosso | Playlist | Album | 17/6/22 | Pop | href+ |
| Big Fish | Kalla Döda Drömmar | Album | 18/6/22 | Experimental rock | Spotify |
| Darkane | Inhuman Spirits | Album | 24/6/22 | Extreme metal | Spotify |
| Iamamiwhoami | Be Here Soon | Album | 3/6/22 | Electronic | Bandcamp |
| INVSN | Let The Night Love You | Album | 3/6/22 | Post punk | Bandcamp |
| Neneh Cherry | The Versions | Album | 10/6/22 | Hip hop | href+ |
| Oscar Enestad | Drömmar | Album | 3/6/22 | Pop | Spotify |
| Seventh Wonder | The Testament | Album | 10/6/22 | Prog metal | href+ |
| Theoz | Paradis | EP | 17/6/22 | Pop | Spotify |
| Tove Styrke | HARD | Album | 3/6/22 | Pop | Spotify |
| Tungsten | Bliss | Album | 17/6/22 | Power metal | Spotify |
Commentary: It's been thirty-three years since Neneh Cherry's debut album “Raw Like Sushi” released. Her latest album “The Versions” sees a cast of current-day female vocalists give re-workings to tracks from that seminal album and others to admittedly varying degrees of success.