Wednesday, April 15, 2009

When Your Heart Breaks



Hello Saferide's 'Arjeplog' has most certainly turned into a song of my spring since Kips posted the lovely video recently and encouraged me to buy. Consider this a sort of 'reply post'.

I don't think anyone's writing songs right now as poppy, real, heartfelt, funny, articulate and achingly, achingly sad as Annika Norlin's, but if you know differently do tell, I'm definitely in the market for this sort of thing.

HS website here.
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13 comments:

  1. londonleeApril 15, 2009 3:05 pm

    It's very Swedish isn't it? They do like that jangly soft pop. Lovely video too.

    Right now I'm digging albums by an American outfit called Obi Best

    http://www.myspace.com/obibest

    and the new album by A Camp, the band formed by Nina Persson of The Cardigans

    http://www.myspace.com/acamptheband

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  2. drewApril 15, 2009 5:59 pm

    I love Hello Saferide's music, just wish the name wasn't that pish.
    The Quiz and I Was Definately Made For This are 2 of my faves by her.

    Most Swedes I know (I work for an Anglo/Swedish company)are unaware of the great pop music coming out of their country. I was talking to one guy from Lund where the Radio Dept are from who wasn't even aware they existed.

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  3. SimonApril 15, 2009 7:30 pm

    lol, our own indie poppets not enough for you, you have to start cherry picking Swedes...

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  4. drewApril 15, 2009 7:40 pm

    Ah but Simon, there is something about Swedish Indie poppetts. How do you cherry pick a turnip anyway?

    That song title should've read I Was Definitely Made For These Times.

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  5. dickvandykeApril 15, 2009 9:26 pm

    Truly Scrumptious. A Swede picking cherry.



    Word veri: Inguene

    which is swedish for ingenue

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  6. SimonApril 15, 2009 10:08 pm

    I don't know many Swedish Indie Poppets, but I do know some Swedish Poppets. Ah Cherry Picking.

    I like my Capital Letters today.

    Word verification:

    diasco.


    Is that a swedish nightclub

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  7. davyhApril 15, 2009 10:17 pm

    No place for an Inguene.

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  8. ally.April 16, 2009 11:38 am

    marvelous. i shall pretending to do some crap it's almost summer already exercises to this later
    x

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  9. KippersApril 17, 2009 7:46 pm

    You should definitely seek out Silence Is Wild i.e. the latest album by Frida Hyvönen, Mr H. It's absolutely brilliant. She's right up there with Annika Norlin in the ridiculously talented Swedish singer-songwriter stakes!

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  10. davyhApril 17, 2009 8:48 pm

    On matters Swedish, we take the advice of The Kips - ta. Thanks Lee too - I have the A Camp single, nothing more, and haven't heard of Obi Best, so I'll get rummaging pronto.

    Any other suggestions? Anyone? Bespectacled 43 year old (London, GSOH) seeks literate indie pop, female vocalist pref - Swedish good but not essential, send pics.

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  11. KippersApril 17, 2009 11:49 pm

    Marit Bergman! You two would be perfect for each other!

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  12. UnknownApril 19, 2009 7:36 pm

    Talking of A Camp (and it is a very fine album)....they're coming to Glasgow playing the tiny ABC2 on 2nd May. Hurrah...great chance to see Nina up close.

    But wait....isn't that the night I've already bought tickets to see Lloyd Cole at ABC1?

    It is y'know.

    Curses.

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  13. davyhApril 20, 2009 11:59 am

    DOH!

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