Malmo, SWEDEN (Top40 Charts) Swedish indie pop group, Emerald Park, offer a free stream of their GO! GO! GO! EP on Smaragd Records for their June 23 release. The newly-acquired electro aesthetic that is featured in Emerald Park's latest brings a freedom that roams the genre line, but always holds the same pop bastion that you can count on from the group.
Emerald Park have taken on a somewhat more divergent musical persona of creative expression on GO! GO! GO! . On the release the band joined forces with two different studio producers: Ola Frick of Moonbabies and Carl Granberg (Robyn, Danko Jones) to produce a sound filled with a collection of Moogs, electric guitars, and various synthesizers to go along with lyrics that strive for a more instinctive and meditative tone than on previous outings.
Praise:
"Full of bright, catchy songs and refreshingly free of artifice. The album doesn't come with a built-in gimmick or a breathless press release proclaiming the band's indie credibility. Instead, the band simply delivers 45-plus minutes of well-written, likable songs. - Chris Conation, PopMatters.com
"'Wolf' is a track for those nights when you just can't sleep. Sonically, it's a perfect example of the play between indie alt-pop/rock and their new love for electro pop. While the verses are dominated by a melodic bass line, the chorus blooms with synths and keys that flutter and dance. The whole track is coated with atmospherics that gently caress a distorted guitar trying so hard to break free. - Culture Collide
"Emerald Park fuses playful, autotuned electronic music with straightup alternative rock flourishes for a pretty bracing mashup." - KDHX
"Just in time for summer, this tune is filled with bright feel-good vibes... The overall feel of the song is at once nostalgic and optimistic... - Nathan Barrett - Pure M Magazine
"They craft a flexible sense of pop melancholy from their influences and are able to draw out a small sliver of hope from the resulting shadows. - Dave Luttrull - Hellhound Music
About
Formed by singer/guitarist Tobias Borelius in 2002, Emerald Park was his lone musical territory until singer Martina Johansson joined in 2004. During 2010, the band cemented their current lineup of Tobias Borelius, Martina Johansson, guitarist
Frans af Schmidt, bassist Conny Fridh, drummer Måns Katsler, keyboardist
Daniel Gunneberg and singer/keyboardist Mattias Wilke. Their work with other artists such as Galaxy 500 has steadily gained them popularity; through Jamendo alone they received 3.5 million listens.
