New Music Nordics – Album and EP releases for May 2022

mycketforvirrad
2022-06-27T10:17:58Z

Denmark

Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link
Jada | Elements | Album | 20/5/22 | Pop | lnk.tt
Junkyard Drive | Electric Love | Album | 13/5/22 | Hard rock | Bandcamp
Lucer | The New World | Album | 20/5/22 | Hard rock | Bandcamp
Modest | Friend | Album | 6/5/22 | Indie rock | Bandcamp
Pil | Kom Vi Flyver, Siger Du | Album | 13/5/22 | Electropop | Spotify
Sonic Girl | Confessions | Album | 23/5/22 | Pop | Spotify

Commentary: A rock heavy selection coming out of Denmark for this month. So in typical fashion, I'm gonna skip over the generic guitar riffs and angsty lyrics this May and focus instead on the crisp pop voice of Sonic Girl. The track “hackerboy” is worth a listen just for the shoehorning in of antivirus and IP addresses!

Finland

Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link
I Am The Night | While The Gods Are Sleeping | Album | 6/5/22 | Black metal | Bandcamp
Madboiali | 22 | Album | 27/5/22 | Hip hop | Spotify
Mary Ann Hawkins | Mary Ann Hawkins | Album | 20/5/22 | Surf rock | Bandcamp

Commentary: Where Denmark failed with rock, Finland might just have delighted this month. The country is synonymous with death metal, so imagine my surprise to find a source of surf rock in the band Mary Ann Hawkins. Their track “Hawkinsmania” is an espresso shot of frenetiscism.

Iceland

Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link
Bear The Ant | Unconscious | EP | 26/5/22 | Psychedelic pop | Spotify
LÓN | Thankfully Distracted | Album | 15/5/22 | Rock | Spotify
NEVERNEVER | Glorious | EP | 11/5/22 | Alternative rock | Spotify

Commentary: Iceland is a small place, with 366,000 people and counting, so sometimes pickings are low. But they do say quality over quantity, and that's what we have here. The names behind NEVERNEVER have some real pedigree in the music industry and are led by the strong vocals of Klara Elias.

Norway

Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link
Humle | Døgnvill | Album | 20/5/22 | Pop | Spotify
Sigrid | How To Let Go | Album | 6/5/22 | Pop | href+
TrollfesT | Flamingo Overlord | Album | 27/5/22 | Folk metal | Bandcamp

Commentary: In April Norway took the crown for the month's biggest and best release with Röyksopp's newest. They've done it again! Sigrid's follow-up to her debut album, “How To Let Go” is a real banger, with stand-out track “Mirror” destined for summer playlists all across the Nordics.

Sweden

Artist | Title | Format | Released | Genre | Link
Bjorn Rydhog | New Day Coming | EP | 20/5/22 | Pop | SoundCloud
Friska Viljor | Don't Save The Last Dance | Album | 13/5/22 | Indie Rock | Spotify
Jens Lekman | The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom | Album | 4/5/22 | Baroque pop | href+
Jireel | MOTY | Album | 6/5/22 | Rap | Spotify
Karakou | Via Dolorosa | Album | 13/5/22 | Pop | Spotify
Lykke Li | EYEYE | Album | 20/5/22 | Indie pop | Bandcamp
Miynt | Lonely Beach | Album | 6/5/22 | Experimental pop | Bandcamp
Olof Wallberg | We | Album | 27/5/22 | Indie pop | Spotify
Omar Rudberg | OMR | Album | 27/5/22 | Pop | Spotify
Omni Of Halos | Care Free | EP | 20/5/22 | Rock | SoundCloud
Orkan | Livsgaranti | Album | 13/5/22 | Prog rock | Spotify
Paula Jivén | The Duality In Me | EP | 6/5/22 | Pop | Spotify
Sahara Hotnights | Love In Times Of Low Expectations | Album | 6/5/22 | Rock | Spotify
Svart Ridå | 18 Minuter Av Ditt Liv | EP | 13/5/22 | Experimental pop | SoundCloud
Tusse | Happiness Before Love | EP | 20/5/22 | Pop | Spotify
Vero | Unsoothing Interior | Album | 6/5/22 | Indie rock | Bandcamp

Commentary: Four years since the previous album, it's great to have Lykke Li back. “EYEYE” is a brutally melancholic album, with heart-felt lyrics taking centre stage. Margaret Farrell at Pitchfork had this to say: ‘Her music is a companion to sorrow in the same way the sun is a companion to the morning.’

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