New Music: Bonander – the loop

The truly majestic Quit Everything and Become a Princess still gets played in our office, but it’s not the only gem Swedish musician Bonander has to offer discerning fans of Nordic electronic pop.

New single the loop also showcases her flair for making leftfield pop with a sense of purpose, but with a real human heart and soul at its centre. The track will feature on her upcoming EP, the thread.

Though the vocals filtered and pitched, that doesn’t take away from their organic presence and emotive power. It meshes beautifully with the soft yet glitchy flow of the song; yet also reflects perfectly what seems to be an ambience of dislocation and discomfort. It’s a journey, with the road sometimes rocky but with a positive goal in sight.

Says Bonander about the EP, “the thread has been something of a therapeutic journey for me. I tried to challenge myself by writing on the topic of the body, precisely because it was initially experienced as something difficult and scary.”

“I understood quite quickly that there were things to face and sort out there. I got the desire to, via music, lyrics and image, put the spotlight on the self-contempt for our bodies I and many others have, with the hope that it might lead to something else entirely.”

Bonander’s the loop is out now via Icons Creating Evil Art, and is streaming on all major digital outlets including Deezer,  Apple Music and Spotify. For news on the thread, be sure to head over to her Facebook and Instagram pages for more listening and downloading options.