New Music: ViVii – You Go I Go

With their third album, I Thought I Would Be Somewhere Else By Now, out early next year, Swedish trio ViVii shows us even true love can break your heart.

ViVii are one of my ‘midnight bands,’ a go-to list of acts that see me through the small hours and, lately, some very hard periods in my life. Tracks like new single You Go I Go soothe my soul, finding beauty in sadness, something that typifies what the band – husband-and-wife singers and multi-instrumentalists Caroline and Emil Jonsson, alongside producer and multi-instrumentalist Anders Eckeborn – consistently and considerately achieve within their music.

While not escapist, it offers unexpected respite, even when, as here, the summer meadow nostalgia of the arrangement, with 70s soft rock and modern dream pop are to the fore; carry a story of failed connections, lack of resolution, and possibly even betrayal within a relationship that endures but doesn’t thrive.  

I’m certain that you can hear the influence of ViVii in bands like sundayclub, Sungaze, and deary. They too offer up music that can be deceptively easy on the ear but tackles subjects that are conflicting and without resolution – not a rejection of life’s difficulties, but embracing them like a balm.

I Thought I Would Be Somewhere Else By Now is out on the 29th of January, 2027, via Stockholm label Dumont Dumont in digital and vinyl formats.

2027 also sees ViVii play a six-date tour of Norway and Sweden, starting in Trondheim on the 4th of March and finishing up in Stockholm on the 19th of the month. For tour and album news, connect with the band on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook.