Today, Shout Out Louds released their latest single, “Sky And I (Himlen),” featuring ethereal lead vocals from keyboardist Bebban Stenborg. A bittersweet meditation on the temperamental nature of love, the track was written by vocalist/guitarist Adam Olenius, “after a night out observing other couples and seeing how easily it can turn bad – the very thin line that exists between falling in love and out of love.” Additionally, the Swedish indie-rockers have announced U.S. tour dates for May.
“Sky And I (Himlen)” will appear on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length album, House, due out February 18 via Bud Fox Recordings/Integral/[PIAS].
With House, Shout Out Louds share a collection of songs attuned to the strange poetry of everyday life – the kind of small and subtle moments that together form the very texture of our existence. Olenius, Stenbord, with guitarist Carl von Arbin, bassist Ted Malmros, ponder such matters as mental unrest, growing older and the fragility of love with an unblinking realism that’s endlessly brightened by their heavenly melodies and indelibly warm sound. The result: a body of work beautifully suited to getting lost in what
Olenius refers to as, “the little house inside your head.”
Produced by Peter Bjorn and John’s Björn Yttling (Lykke Li, Franz Ferdinand, Primal Scream, etc.), who also helmed Shout Out Louds’ acclaimed sophomore album Our Ill Wills, House marks a purposeful departure from the grand and lush vibe of 2017’s Ease My Mind. To that end, the band this time recorded live and embraced a post-punk inspired minimalism that magnifies the raw emotion of each song, fully harnessing the effusive energy they’ve brought to the stage in headlining tours around the world, supporting such acts as The Strokes and Depeche Mode, and appearing at major festivals like Coachella… twice.
Arriving 20 years after Shout Out Louds delivered their debut single “Very Loud”, House encapsulates a band deepened by the emotional weight of experience yet entirely in touch with the pure joy of creation. “We still love what we’re doing and get along like we did when we were 15, which is crazy but such a great feeling,” says Olenius. “It makes us really happy that we’re still able to travel around the world and hear from people that our music’s helped them in some way. We just want to create a space for people to be completely themselves, and to get a little closer to wherever they’re hoping to go in life.”
Tour Dates:
02/27 – Hamburg, DE @ Grünspan
02/28 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzburg
03/01 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria
03/02 – Darmstadt, DE @ Centralstation
03/03 – Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
03/04 – Vienna, AU @ Arena
03/05 – Munich, DE @ Freiheitshalle
03/06 – Hannover, DE @ MusikZentrum
03/18 – Uppsala, SE @ Katalin
03/19 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
03/25 – Malmö, SE @ Plan B
03/26 – Orebro, SE @ Frimis
04/01 – Kalmar, SE @ Söderport
04/02 – Linköping, SE @ Platens Bar
05/07 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
05/08 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
05/10 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
05/14 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
05/15 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
05/16 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
05/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/18 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
