Astrid Swan just released a new single Four Months To Kill. It is an outtake from her forthcoming album Astrid4, due out october 25th on Soliti Music. “A minimalist dogmatic album of piano, horns and drums” says the biography about the new album. Maybe I wouldn’t describe my favourite kind of music with that sentence. At least I wouldn’t have before I heard Astrid4. This album is very impressive and definitely my favourite Astrid Swan album. This is the new single Four Months to Kill.

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Astrid Swan Website

Some great news. Excellent Finnish band Swaying Wires have signed a record deal with UK-based Battle Worldwide Recordings. They are also playing a showcase concert in London on November 9th. I look forward to some new Swaying Wires songs. The first demos almost two years ago were already pretty amazing and I’m quite sure they have gotten even better since those days. This is Bluebird.

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Swaying Wires Website
Battle Worldwide Recordings Website

Ochre Room is pretty much the finest Finnish folk rock band. During the spring and summer of 2013 they have been working on their second full-lenght album. The first outtake from the forthcoming album was released by Lumpeela Julkaisut on September 10th, just before their Finland tour with American troubadour Small Houses (more information about the tour in here). You can find this brand new single Garbage Trucks Are on the Move from digital retailers such as iTunes. Filmmaker Sami Pöyry also directed this one shot music video for the song.

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Besides the tour with Small Houses, Ochre Room also has another exciting tour date coming up. They will play at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany on September 28th.

Ochre Room Website
Lumpeela Julkaisut Website