Luke Jackson’s Top Ten Independent Scandinavian Pop Releases Of 2008
Orphan Songs: Orphan Songs (Pennybags)
Sweden’s Carl-Otto Johansson reflects on the break-up of his former band Eyedrop by assembling the “Orphan Songs” the break-up left behind.
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Artisokka: Seabed (Azulejo Records)
This Finnish band weave elements of jazz, lounge and pop folk into their delicate songs. Quite otherworldly.
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Twin Piloda: Brother Jona (Twin Piloda Records)
The third album from Sweden’s Måns Wieslander is sublime collection of pop songs, realized by producer Ola Frick of the Moonbabies.
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Vibeke Saugestad: The World Famous Hat Trick (Pop Detective Records)
Oslo’s first lady of power pop goes indie (with back-up from The Yum Yums) and delivers the bubblegum record of the year.
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Private Jets: Jet Sounds (Sparkplug Records)
Stockholm’s Private Jets took six years to follow up their debut EP with an album that Beach Boys and Jellyfish fans will love.
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Labrador: Caleidoscope Aeroplane (Divine Records)
Copenhagen’s Flemming Borby is the bastard lovechild of Marianne Faithfull and Serge Gainsbourg. Or so he says.
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Rhys Marsh And The Autumn Ghost: The Fragile State Of Inbetween (Better Place Recordings)
Pieced together in studios around the world, this Norwegian released the dreamiest slice of progressive pop I’ve heard in ages.
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Billie The Vision & The Dancers: I Used to Wander These Streets (Love Will Pay The Bills)
The fourth album in as many years from the adorable seven-piece from Malmö with the cross-dressing frontman.
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Frank Hammersland: So Easily Distracted (Kong Tiki Records)
Popium’s prolific frontman got a little country on his new solo album and I couldn’t be happier.
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Moi Caprice: We Had Faces Then (Glorious Records)
Denmark’s Moi Caprice just released their fourth album. I’m still getting into it.
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