E V O L U T I O N

Sweden has produced a lot of great music during the last decade. Pop-music, most notoriously, preferrably with a twist of something exotic, to take us away from gloom and harsh winters. But we're in a new decade now.

BANDJO debuted in 2008, contributing to the first compilation of "Force Majeure; Force Vol.1: Tunguska", making up the whole B-side of that album with the noisy instrumental ”Black Corner” and the harmonical ”Icon”. Next out was the single "Fátima" - recorded and produced in Gotland, Sweden, during the end of that same summer. Shut away in solitude the band was already moving away from the explosive disco inspired sound of the first release. If "Black corner" was raw power set free at the birth of the band, "Fatima" was BANDJO learning to speak. It blended down their world of odd sound into a structured pop song that has to be listened to over and over for to see all the pieces.
And now they return with their first full length album - like skipping a few steps on the evolutionary chain and starting to run with your first steps, to finish the metaphor.

BANDJO’s first album stretches out like a fan, with some parts shimmering intensely and others remaining calm and collected. Then with a swift stroke of the hand, the whole picture changes and a brand new soundscape emerges. Because of the larger format this time around, the songs have been allowed to transform into their fullest potential, covering not only your basic need for speed a...

Bandjo's first own 12" with two epic tracks. the a-side 'fátima' is a 7-minute rockier tune where beautiful harmonies, 12-string guitars and live drumming comes together with lyrics in swedish. 'Sun sun' is a more straight forward pop tune, but still with a hard beat, lots of bandjo characteristics and strange vocals. Recorded during two summer weeks of a total social shutdown on the isle of gotland, then professionally mixed and mastered by philip granstqvist in gothenburg.

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