Svenskt

Check out my blog for the history of 'Svenskt' including a diary of our week in Stockholm!



Purchase 'Svenskt' now for just £5 (reduced from £7!).



Svenskt is a compilation of Swedish music, released via the Oxford, England



based Big Scary Monsters label on



16th October 2006. It will be available to pre-order from the middle of September and



we'll be running a few promotions and giveaways to coincide, so check back soon for more



on those.



We decided to put it together because we're yet to find a bad band from Sweden, this is



simply as many of our favourites as one CD could hold. There are many many others well



deserving of your time and ears, a list of just some of them can be found on the



left.



Above you will notice there are a few tracks from the CD available to stream. Come back



again because we'll probably chop and change them about in the run up to the release, and



just like Aerosmith, you don't want to miss a thing.



See below for the tracklisting and photos of the bands beautiful faces. Be sure to check



out each of their Myspace pages and sample their musical delights. There's something for



everyone here, ranging from the beautiful soundscapes of Jeniferever and



Ef, the wonderfully moving sounds of Last Days of April and Logh,



the delightful pop of Moonbabies and Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, the



spiky post-punk from Traktor and The Sound OE, and so much more. Seriously,



give yourself a break and listen to the sounds of Sweden.



To read more on Swedish music, I recommend the following websites: itsatrap.com and hellosurprise.com.



If, after reading and listening to this, you've caught the Scandanavian musical bug yet



you find yourself stuck in the UK, I suggest you get your dancing shoes down to Tack Tack Tack in London



and/or Sweden Made Me



in Brighton.



Click here to visit the official



gateway to Sweden.



And for any words you don't understand, here's a handy tool.



Tracklisting:



01. Molia Falls - Godalming (Myspace)

02. The Sound OE - Flatliners (Myspace)

03. Audrey - Views (Myspace)

04. KVLR - Birthcam (Myspace)

05. Convoj - My Timekeeping Heart (Myspace)

06. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Marry Me (Myspace)

07. The Grand Opening - Summon (Myspace)

08. Ellis The Vacuumchild - When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro (Myspace)

09. Alarma Man - Natures Keep Losing It (Myspace)

10. Jeniferever - Swimming Eyes (Myspace)

11. Logh - Destinymanifesto (Myspace)

12. David And The Citizens - Are You In My Blood? (Myspace)

13. Traktor - Vultures (Myspace)

14. The Domus - Two Thirds (Myspace)

15. Moonbabies - War On Sound (Myspace)

16. Ef - Misinform The Uninformed (Myspace)

17. Aerial - Time Is On Fire (Myspace)

18. Last Days of April - Live The End (Myspace)



'Svenskt' will be available to pre-order via this page and www.bsmrocks.com from September 2006.



The cast of 'Svenskt', in alphabetical order.



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Here are some nice things said about our Swedish compilation CD, 'Svenskt', so far.



"Everything on this comp should be seen as a national treasure. (82%)" - Spill



"There are plenty of gems just waiting to be discovered on here. Give it a try. (8/10)" - Rock Sound



"If this compilation provides a fair representation of the music of Sweden, then it’s time we all sat up and listened. (8/10)" - Drowned In Sound



"The breadth of talent on display is truly astounding. As an introduction to the delights of the land that brought us IKEA (and Sven Goran Eriksson) this a real beauty. (4/5)" - Big Cheese



"Something of a gold mine" - New Noise



"Sweden, a sometimes extreme land, has thrown up some extremely special music. (8/10)" - Disorder



"If the Swedish music scene continues to produce acts of this calibre I may just move there" - Tasty Fanzine