New Music Nordics – Album and EP releases for June 2022

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2022-06-30T09:18:41Z

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.

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