Dear Euphoria

Dear Euphoria is the musical alias of Elina Johansson in close collaboration with the producer and steady band member Sven Johansson (though having the same surname, they're not related). The new EP 'THIS NIGHT WILL FLEE' (2010) catches up the angstridden feeling from last year's gloomy LP 'HEAL MY VIOLENCE', and turns it into a sigh of hope, even almost closing in to happiness.



Sounding more homogenic than ever, with a minimalistic nerv and a rough edge, this EP adds a new side to Dear Euphoria's music. Elina and Sven have both deepen their expression and widen the sounds. The new songs' noticeably increased "pop-catchiness" nods both to sound of the 80's and onto contemporary indie stuff such as The XX, Joanna Newsome, The National and Loney, Dear. Still, they never lose Elina Johansson's own patented way of quirky singing and songwriting and Sven's complex arrangements, mixing acoustic and synthetic elements. The EP features the hymnlike titletrack "This Night Will Flee", the epic pop songs "Coming Down" and "Rescue", and the electronic rnb-hybrid "No More Time To Weep".



Dear Euphoria's debut album ’For Everything Of Worth’ came out in Sweden in 2005 and was thereafter picked up by the British record label Stereo Test Kit who relased the debut in an enhanced version in 2007. In the process of recording the next album ’Heal My Violence’, Dear Euphoria and STK decided to go separate ways and the album was instead released on Elina's own label Given Productions in March 2009. 'Heal My Violence' is very much a conspicious blend of just about everything out in left field; indiepop, neo-classic music, avantgarde, scandinavian folk and more. In a musical climate demanding for labelling, Elina has made exactly the difficulties to easy decide Dear Euphoria's genre into her multifarious music's greatest asset.



Both Dear Euphoria's albums have gathered an indie following in music blogs and media mostly outside Dear Euphoria's home country Sweden, and have been followed by European tours, such as in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.



PRESS



THIS NIGHT WILL FLEE (2010)



9/10
’It's without doubt some of the most beautiful music to ever emerge from
Sweden. An absolutely sublime record’
It’s a trap (US)



’Brilliant as usual. It confirms the special place Dear Euphoria takes
within the Swedish music scene’
Absolut Noise (FR)



’It’s solid, moving folk. What are they putting in the water over in Sweden?’
Mediocre Music Blog (US)



'When we listen to it, time stops and the heart starts racing. An indispensable masterpiece'
With Music In My Mind (BL)



’Like a hybrid between the XX, Lykke Li, and Husky Rescue’
Indie Win (US)



'It's the musical equivalent of a three-hankie warner bros 1940s melodrama. The kind you can't stop watching (or listening to).'
The Pop Sucker (US)



HEAL MY VIOLENCE (2009)



’Superb. Absolutely haunting’
It's a trap (US)



8/10
Popcultures (DE)



’Favourite record of the year 2009’
’A magical album. But watch out, I am talking about black magic here’
Absolut Noise (FR)



'Her musical universe is daring, dense, minimalistic, sophisticated and
deeply modern. One of my favourite albums 2009’
With Music In My Mind (BL)



’An outstanding album full of discoveries. It’s almost like she opened a
new chapter of popmusic’
Reeperbahn festival (DE)



'A very astonishing album between The Knife and Operette. Pop in its pure
form'
Zuckerkick (DE)



'Dear Euphoria creates with minimal tools and merges pop and avantgarde
into a fascinating melange'
Roteraupe (DE)



FOR EVERYTHING OF WORTH (2005) / DEAR EUPHORIA (2007)



’Dear Euphoria's self-released debut album caused more shivers than winter in her native Stockholm when it was released last year . showcasing the Swedish Kate Bush in all her quiet majesty’
BBC Collective (UK)



’Usually when I picture a song I see a left to right movement. Dear Euphoria songs fly from earth to the sky. They start from the ground by few dark piano notes and then Elina Johansson's incredible voice bring them up to the moon like a somnambulist cloud’
Absolut Noise (FR)



9/10
'This is the kind of music you want to listen to in order to be depressed when you are already quite sad’
Dagensskiva (SE)