Young Mountain

Young Mountain are a five-piece screamo/post-rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden that have been around since 2013. Since then they've been fairly prolific with consistent solid releases. The band takes the base of their sound from the atmospheric, rise and fall post-rock influence of bands like This Will Destroy You (whose debut album Young Mountain presumably get their name from). On top of that they throw in hard-hitting screamed vocals, haunting sung vocals, reverb-washed melodic guitars, and the ability to produce dynamic-shifting tracks of dark, emotional catharsis. Fans of the post-rock/shoegaze and screamo/post-hardcore blend will dig this, since it brings to mind other titans of the genre such as Envy,  Deafheaven, or early Pianos Become The Teeth. Their most recent release, Lost Tree is an absolutely immense record, and probably their best to date. If you're new to this band, I'd suggest starting there, though We're Drowning in Slowmotion is also incredible. Enjoy.

För Alltid Var Bara Något Vi Sa (2013)

1. För Alltid Var Bara Något Vi Sa

Fragile (2014)

1. Jag Begravde Solen

2. Dessa Väggar Viskar

3. Seasons Apart

4. Growing Hands

5. Your Name Means Loved

We're Drowning In Slowmotion (2014)

1. Hildedal

2. Arctic Smile

3. Månen Stal Min Själ

4. .

The Garden Of Biological Machines (2016)

1. The Garden Of Biological Machines

2. HMS Slowmotion

Young Mountain/La Petite Mort/Vivre Sa Vie (2017)

1. Young Mountain - Pilträdsvillan

2. Young Mountain - Bloom

3. Vivre Sa Vie - Ehler-Danlos

4. Vivre Sa Vie - Shield

5. La Petite Mort / A Little Death - Intro

6. La Petite Mort / A Little Death - Windchime

7. La Petite Mort / A Little Death - This Name Rings A Bell

Lost Tree (2018)

1. Asunder, To Eye Each Other

2. The Sun Is Away

3. ///////////////

4. Misery

5. Juni

6. Vacant Eyes

7. Lost Tree

8. I Flew Above Your House Last Night

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I Love Your Lifestyle

I Love Your Lifestyle are a five-piece emo/indie/punk band from Malmö and Gothenburg, Sweden that formed in 2012. They play an excellent blend of up-beat punk mixed in with the bright, twinkly/noodley guitar sound of midwestern emo, with some catchy as hell Cap'n Jazz vocals. Basically, they're Algernon Cadwallader reincarnated. We Go Way Back is one of the best emo records to come out in the past few years, and their new 2-song EP is just as good. I can't recommend this band enough for fans of Kinsella-inspired midwestern emo. Enjoy.

I Love Your Lifestyle EP (2013)

1. Spider Monkey

2. Cristoffer Robin

3. Poetry Issues

4. Dynamites & Catfights

5. Happy Lacuna

6. Long Time No Bruce

I Was A Loser In School EP (2015)

1. Prank

2. Zitch Dog

3. I Was A Loser In School

We Go Way Back (2016)

1. Nice Jacket. Not

2. My Yard

3. Jazz Nights

4. Common Sense

5. Oh, Twisted Me

6. Overall Adderall

7. Testimonial Deadline

8. Routine

9. Brain Freeze

10. No Time For Major Fuck Ups

11. Birds of Paradise

12. Dirty Shades

13. Roda Mossan

14. Summer 03

Touch / Fire (2017)

1. Touch

2. Fire

No Driver (2020)

1. Stupid

2. Car

3. No Harm, No Foul

4. Shilly-Shally

5. Align!

6. I Have No Point To Make

7. Fram Och Tillbaka

8. Well, That's Not Ideal

9. OK

10. Inner Freakness

11. Making Nothing Out Of Something

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The Sun Days

Chances are you might already be familiar with this band, since in the past few months they've blown up almost as fast as Becky with the good hair. The Sun Days are a five-piece indie pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden that formed in 2013. For the first few years, they released singles sporadically, all of which eventually ended up on their debut full-length, Album. It was technically released last year, but reissued this year through Run For Cover, which is also when it began to attract a ton of attention.

All of it is absolutely deserved, because these eight songs are a breath of fresh air in a genre that can often fall victim to redundancy and monotony. The melodies are infectiously catchy, featuring some bright and jangly guitars backed by an incredibly solid rhythm section. The vocals are certainly a highlight here, which are defined by the raw and distinct female lead (who has an unbelievable voice, by the way) with male harmonies in the background. Each song they craft differs from the next, making for an album of amazing pop songs across the board. This is one of my most highly suggested albums to listen to this year, especially with the upcoming summer months. I'd go as far to say that this is my favourite indie pop debut since The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's self-titled, which has been a personal favourite for a very long time now. Enjoy.

Album (2016)

1. Don't Need To Be Them

2. I Keep On Wondering

3. OOO

4. You Can't Make Me Make Up My Mind

5. Come Have Me Over

6. Get Him Off Your Mind

7. Busy People

8. Fear

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