Following on from the release of her single Whale earlier this year via Crowds and Power, Swedish dream pop artist Rebecka Reinhard has now returned to announce the details behind her brand new EP, also called Whale, alongside the new track No Release.
As an artist who looks to delve into the more subtle and minimal sounds assigned to the dream-pop genre, No Release sees her challenge that perspective with this bold and progressive return. While the song starts out with a smooth and tranquil disposition, filled with calming guitar chords and her wistful voice, it soon grows into a behemoth of cacophonous drums and soaring hooks that shakes you to your very core and leaves you almost breathless by the finale.
Speaking about her new offering, she said, “This song is where all the parts of me that are ever tired, hurt, worn out and fed up get to have their say. Tell their ugly version of the story. But its not a wallowing in self-pity. Its a slow, rumbling war cry. An anthem being pushed relentlessly towards the edge of the cliff and finally hurled into the void.”
No Release follows on from the collections title-track in previewing her new EP Whale, which will be released on August 21st through Crowds And Power. Recorded between London and the Swedish countryside, the record comes after a period of musical and personal discovery. Having left her native Stockholm, Rebecka found herself living in Paris, before relocating to London in 2014. It was there that her musical trajectory solidified, and in the summer of 2018, she started recording with producer Anders Källmark.
Whale
EP tracklisting:
1. Whale
2. No Release
3. A Pick
4. Quit Your Day Job
5. Stamford Hill
6. Poison
Rebecka Reinhards music has previously been compared to the likes of Mazzy Star, and perhaps even those emanating out of the shoegazing movement that sprung up in the UK and US in the early 1990s. Reinhard hasnt yet spoken about specific influences, although she listens to everything from hip-hop, punk, new wave, shoegaze, psych-rock, folk pop, jazz and northern soul. She also aligns herself with artists like Snail Mail, Mitski, Angel Olsen and Courtney Barnett and when she reveals that one day shed love to open for PJ Harvey or Kurt Vile, we know this is just innocent conjecture on her part. Indeed, one listen to her new EP will convince you that she is the kind of artist that is making and then breaking – her own rules and, ultimately, writing her own history.
Keep up with Rebecka on her socials for more music, touring updates, and additional exciting news to be announced.