Ok, so this is a new feature, and we’re pretty sure you can figure out what it’s about from the title alone. It shouldn’t take that much explaining right? We’re gonna celebrate the end of every month by picking out some of our favourite tracks from the thirty-odd days we’ve  lived through from (loosely) Stockholm/Stockholm-based artists. You can listen below.

SEINABO SEY – BREATHE

Sey made her comeback earlier this year with the single I Owe You Nothing, and then continued her return with Breathe at the tail end of April. Breathe is epic, grandiose pop music. Sey uses stabbing strings for the song’s rhythm, and then lets her powerful voice stretch out and dominate this self-confidence anthem: “The way you smile when you believe in the future”. Like everything she does, it’s got its own magic, Expect more music from Sey later this year.

KLUSTER – AFTERGLOW

Malmö-Stockholm gang Kluster are escapees from backgrounds in jazz schools, and reinvented themselves as innovative and creative indie kids. You can get a sense of the technical abilities their education gave them in the spectacularly shifting and snarling guitars on their single Afterglow, which add scattergun unpredictability to the song’s pretty melancholy. Imagine a more neon version of Beach House and you’ll got some idea of how this sounds. Kluster’s debut album Civic is out on Rama Lama on June 15.

GRANT – CATCHER IN THE RYE

You know that the poem Holden Caulfield recalls in The Catcher In The Rye [Robert Burns’ Comin’ Thro’ the Rye] actually doesn’t contain the word ‘catch’ at all, that the book takes its title from his miss-hearing? Anyway, that useless fact out of the way, we come to rapidly rising star Grant’s new single, which takes its title [correctly] from the book. Catcher In The Rye continue to paint the aesthetic picture the singer’s been working on across Alma Caroline Cederlöf’s previous singles: high-drama, noir-ish pop music. What makes the song stand out is Cedelöf’s voice – she’s got the vocal charisma to really sell the song, not just sing it. Grant’s debut album is called In Bloom and is out on June 1.

TELLA VIV – NO, NO, NO, NO

Rock music from the party at the end of the world comes from quartet Tella Viv, who’ve just released their new EP Happy Doomsday. No, No, No, No is probably the EP’s catchiest cut, a poppy, surfy song that gurgles along on spaghetti guitar lines and puppyish energy. It’s got a singalong charm that wraps itself in your head for days – what more do you want? Happy Doomsday is out now on Bolero.

NEV LILIT – ADORABLE RUIN: ABRA

A side-project of Saigon and Ease‘s Siri Jennefelt, Nev Lilit’s new EP Adorable Ruin won’t be for everyone. But if you like abstract sound-art, step this way. Grinding, heavy, dense, it’s atmospheric music – if it grips you and pulls you in, you won’t escape. The Adorable Ruin EP is out now on Moloton.

Main photo: Grant