Heart-Sick Groans is a trio from Sundsvall, Sweden and for the past 5 years, they've been making super fun indie pop.
Not every band manages to create it's own universe - of course, this is a very, very subjective concept - but the boys from Heart-Sick Groans have one: it's funny, odd, tropical, filled with incredibly catchy melodies. Their short and straightforward songs often present rhythmical twists with whistles, claps, hummings, harmonicas and, guitar, ukelele, several chord instruments and drums...
It's fun and sophisticated pop (in a very cool, informal way), with intricate melodies and witty-mellow lyrics.
They have 4 EPs released so far and you can find them to download on their bandcamp.
As various blogs already said: one of indie pop's best kept secrets.
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"HELLLO! We're HEART-SICK GROANS, a happy catchy indie pop band from snowy Sweden ! !
START happy winter month to y'all! Here's our TOP FIVE LIST of the BEAUTIFUL YEAR 2011.
FIRST BEST VIDEO/UPCOMING ARTIST
ULLBASUNEN TA AV DIG HATTEN, DET ÄR EN DAM I RUMMET
Henric shot this video with Jerker Häggström to our friend Ullbasunen. Video contents: WTF creepy eery psyched out Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin invertion epic.
SECOND MARTIN'S FAVORITE SONG
MOTIVATION: "The first time I heard this song I started sweating. The only way to stop the pouring sweat was to listen to it again. So now, in order to have a reasonable life, I'm completely addicted to this song."
MOTIVATION: "I'm already sweaty. I might as well dance."
THIRD GUNNAR AND HENRIC'S FILM CLUB'S FAVORITE FILMS
DRIVE (link)
atmospherically dense and cool with spots of brutal graphic violence, great soundtrack, very clean/cleansing
atmospherically dense and cool with spots of brutal graphic violence, great soundtrack, very clean/cleansing
NUMBER FOUR ON OUR LIST
is a tribute to the Trinidad-Tobago artist EDMUNDO ROS, who passed away this fall at the respectable age of 100 pans. Also, Henric's mom and uncle saw him and his 18 man band live at Viskan, Medelpad, back in '71.
A bossanova/salsa/cha cha cha band leader with a beautiful voice and extremely uplifting themes and beats. One of our greatest influences of the last couple of years.
Edmundo Ros – Maria From Bahia (Remastered) (best part here's when Ed talks to the band choir in the beginning verse)
FIFTH BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (no order)
Fun! exciting music, sweetly produced. Proof is this Harry Belafonte cover
THE ELECTED BURY ME IN MY RINGS (link)
Rilo Kiley's man voice Blake's third solo effort=great
FLEET FOXES HELPLESSNESS BLUES (link)
Rilo Kiley's man voice Blake's third solo effort=great
FLEET FOXES HELPLESSNESS BLUES (link)
first 3 songs especially, and SEE this band live JUST DO IT
SIXTH
Here's ours and yours favorite soundtrack for every day up till NEW YEAR eve!
A PERSONAL UPDATE OF THIS YEAR THAT ALMOST COMPLETELY HAS BEEN: Martin became a lvl 85 WoW fire mage, Johan dropped out of the dentist school and started digging elder people dumping ditches in Jämtland, Sweden. Henric moved into a room in Gunnar's 50's design palace apartment to become his apprentice in the art of cooking, Marcus started buying the most expensive music studio gear around and showed only a mild interest in digesting the gourmet duo's food.
NEWS FLASH FROM OUR BAND of INTRICATELY WOVEN INDIE/FOLK/SURF-POP: We're currently mixing new songs, Henric just came back from Denmark after shooting a video to the new single "A Bossanova with this Casanova" with a galactic gang of 20 enigmatic artists... Then we'll be releasing these new tracks one by one as the weeks go by… And come spring we hope to release a vinyl with these tracks, and some old goodies! Expect, from our new batch of gems, grandious titles like "If This Canary Stops Singing" and "Black Hair Typography"!
THANK YOU GOOD YEAR
THANK YOU
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