Often touted as Scandinavia’s answer to The Smiths and New Order, Stockholm indie pop / jangle rock outfit Easy continues to make waves with their latest single, hot on the trail of what is sure to go down as history as a seminal album for the Swedes. Highly accessible and thoroughly enjoyable – a feel good anthem not bound by time.
Having got their big break in the ’90s, indie rock darlings Easy present ‘Golden Birds (Early Morning Version)’. The original version appeared on their latest ‘Radical Innocence’, the band’s first new album in a decade, recently released via A Turntable Friend Records and SRD.
Working with legendary producer Pat Collier (at Perry Vale Studios in London) and Larsson helped the band further refine their sound, achieving organic pop songs with sweet melodies, sharp guitars, impactful drumming, and clever lyrics.
The mark Easy left upon disbanding in 1994 is notable – when returning to Sweden years later, they found a new Indie scene full of bands inspired by their uniqueness and success, having toured all over Europe with bands like The Gun Club, The House of Love, Lush, The Charlatans and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
‘Radical Innocence’ is Easy’s third release via German label A Turntable Friend Records, the first being the ‘Magic Seed’ LP reissue in 2017 and the 2018 release of ‘A Heartbeat from Eternity’, a user-friendly compilation of the two previous albums, along with the fresh new single ‘Ask the Sky’.
‘Golden Birds (Early Morning Version)’ and the ‘Radical Innocence’ LP are now available across digital stores like Apple Music and streaming platforms, such as Spotify. The album can also be ordered on CD via Bandcamp at https://easy-sweden.bandcamp.com
Also check out the video for their recent single ‘Crystal Waves’ from this same album.
