Day 57. About to complete two months.
Here are some new finds from around the web, and happy Friday!
Riel: this duo from Argentina, formed by Mora and Germán, have been around for a bit. This is the first time I am listening to them thanks to their latest song “1990”. It is a very nice indiepop/shoegaze track! Great female vocals, bright guitars, for this digital single.
S.D.W.: all the way from Feilding, New Zealand, comes this project with a brand new self-titled EP. 5 songs of upbeat shoegaze/noisepop There is not much info about the band or anything really. It probably is just a digital release.
Fred Fredburger: the Spanish band will be releasing a 10″ on Elefant Records on May 29th. The record will include 8 songs and so far we can preview two of the songs, “Colegas” and “El, Uriel”. It is already up for pre-orders. If you like Los Fresones Rebeldes or Juniper Moon this probably is up your street! Lovely and innocent.
The Crystal Furs: “Expo 67” is the latest song by the Portland, Oregon, indiepop band. The digital single comes too with an acoustic mix of this song. The song seems to be inspired by an architectural lesbian love story. Their new album should be out in June in Subjangle Records.
Club Med: “Busy, Busy Busy” is the name of the 4-song tape the band released last September on Roolette Records. This band sounds amazing, maybe my fave new find this week. They hail from Melbourne and they have some great melodies and very catchy lyrics. There are not many tapes left so be quick. I don’t do tapes, so don’t worry about me.
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A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface.
I keep discovering new obscure Swedish bands. It feels that it is an unending resource. How many Swedish pop bands has there been? Ever? I don’t think we’ll ever be able to answer that question!
I only know one song from Waterwheels. It is called “Lisa” and it is a fragile and sweet indiepop track. A lo-fi recording most probably. My question of course is, if during that same recording session they made more songs. A recording session that happened at the Ambassaden studios in Eskilstuna. Yes, that is one of the few facts about them. They hailed from that city in Sweden.
This song, “Lisa”, appeared on a 1994 tape called “Popangelov #1” that came alongside a fanzine of the same name. Was it an Eskilstuna fanzine? Probably. All the bands on the tape hailed from there. We find Yvonne, Superswirls, Beetroots and Gentle Tuesday. This last band a true favourite of mine. What a great band they were!
Popangelov would release 3 more tapes but we won’t see Waterwheels again. It is curious. What happened to them?
Popfakta may answer us. There is a release listed for Waterwheels. Sadly it doesn’t have a date. It seems to be a CD single with two tracks, “Leaving You” and “Electric Girl”. The only credits we find are for Totte Almström who took the photos for the artwork and Crippe who produced. This time around it seems the songs were recorded at Underground Studios in Eskilstuna.
I’ve never listened to these songs. This release doesn’t show up on Discogs. In Popfakta they don’t even have what label released them or anything. Maybe it was a self-release. I also can’t find any names related to the band. Who were the people behind it?
The only other thing I found about tehm was that the band played a festival called Bokrock in 1995. Gentle Tuesday also did. I know this thanks to a PDF I found from 2016 where they mention that there was a music exhibition of Eskilstuna music in the City Museum.
If anyone knows anything else by them. Please use the comment section. It’d be great to find out more info about them!
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Waterwheels – Lisa
