Tenderversion is having an addition to the family! Solander (a.k.a. Fredrik Karlsson) is just now finishing up his debut album Since we are pigeons that we are very happy to present to you early this fall. The album will be available through Border in Sweden/Scandinavia, Al!ive in G-A-S/Europe, digitally via Bandcamp, iTunes and shipped worldwide by Tenderversion.
Solander might be an unknown name for you, but in fact Solander has existed in various formations since 2005. Making music for the short movie En död kråka (A dead crow) in 2006, contributing music for the film Hata Göteborg (Hate Gothenburg) in 2007 and releasing three EP’s spread out during these years.

In Solander Fredrik Karlsson is backed up by various people mostly from the Malmö underground scene (a.o. members of the bands Fredrik, Vit Päls, Audrey, Scraps Of Tape, Testbild!). It might be in form of a string quartet, an indie rock band or sometimes only by a single cellist. All of this is mere different kind of angles of what Solander sounds like, you never know. But what we do know, is that Solander’s music is based on strong melodies and thoughtful lyrics, a widespread variation of instrumentation, and a hunger to explore new paths and different ways to perform the songs.

In October Solander will be touring Sweden and also join Scraps Of Tape for a tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. More shows will be added and more countries covered later this year.

Listen to the track Looking for gold from the forthcoming album:

And the fantastic cover of Shellac’s Prayer to god:

Download:
Looking for gold
Prayer to god

myspace.com/solandersweden

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