Artist: Tvärvägen

Title: Staring directly into the sun

Catalogue nr: HT04/HT05

Format: Vinyl 12” + digitally

Label: Hare Tracks

Digital distribution: Playground

Release date: 2012-02-27

Paradise, that’s what grandfather named the meadows below Sven-the-hook. Now they’re overgrown with brushwood, but in the past lay the wheat fields that plunged all the way down to the creek. On the other side of the creek rose Hemberget over to which the old village road used to slither its way towards Norrfors, while to the west you could see Mora with its wonderful green pastures. You could see the vast landscape open up from Paradise, blinded by the sun, embedded in its safe embrace. That’s how Tvärvägen sounds. Like the memory of that hidden Paradise. The naked sound is undeniably close. Each instrument appears to be an old sturdy pine, as if you could dare to lean and rest against the rough surface. Each melody comes to you as the wind that touches the oat straw, natural and remarkable, while the harmonies glide like paper planes.

“Staring directly into the sun” is Tvärvägens second album.

Contact Hare Tracks for interviews or more info about the band on haretracks (at) gmail.com

Don’t miss the release party at El Mundo on the 28th, Tvärvägen will play live at 8 pm!