Not long after the release of their second album, 2007’s Our Ill Wills, and months of relentless touring, Sweden’s Shout Out Louds decided to take a six-month break, and its five members—frontman Adam Olenius, bassist Ted Malmros, guitarist Carl Von Arbin, drummer Eric Edman and keyboardist Bebban Stenborg—spread out between Melbourne, Los Angeles and Stockholm. However, despite the distance, it wasn’t long before Olenius was writing new material and sending it out to his bandmates, who all contributed from their remote locations. As a result, the quintet has returned with a fresh, simple sound on third full-length Work (out now on Merge), which the band is currently supporting on a tour of North America and Europe. Shout Out Louds will be guest-editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with Olenius and our 2007 feature on the band.
Malmros: I am really into BBC 6. In Sweden, we really don’t have any good radio stations, so British radio is filling the hole. Radio is such an amazing medium, and it is holding its status through this modern age of mp3s and downloading. My favorite show is Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service. He has such a calming voice, and he has excellent taste in music. He plays anything from scientists’ speeches over ambient beats to straight-up pop. An excellent way to round up a busy week.
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