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Dead Next Door - “Time To Fight” mp3
Neon Machine - “Heaven Is A Lot Worse” mp3
Boys Of Scandinavia - “Beautiful As A Person” mp3
Band Of Horses - “The Funeral” mp3
The White Birch - “Your Spain” mp3

I haven’t done these five-song mixtapes in so long time that it’s almost illegal. But these take time to make - and that extra time I don’t have. Anyway, here comes four new songs I’ve found today plus Boys Of Scandinavia, for which I have had no excuse to post earlier.

British Dead Next Door starts with nice and upbeat indie rock tune, though it definitely have some reckless character in it as well. Danish Neon Machine picks up with their somewhat progressive art-pop. This song is from 2003, but it still reminds a bit of their natives, Mew. Maybe it’s just the drum beat, or then I’m on my way finding the core sound of Danish pop music. Oujee. Boys Of Scandinavia’s debut album was really much hyped in Finland at the end of last year, and it admittedly have a lot of dark disco/ post-punk charm in it. They did a four-night tour in Finland in mid-January, at a time when it was around -30 celsius outside and still over 1 400 people turned out to see them altogether. Band Of Horses, then. They appeared here last March when they still were just Horses. Anyway, they have a debut album ready to be released and this song here comes from it, naturally. They sit well in this company. Norwegian The White Birch play slowly moving music for small hours, something I never can’t get enough. Oh, how comforting this song is, as if nothing ever went wrong.