Dust Sleeve

Dorena are a Swedish five-piece on one of my favorite independent labels, Deep Elm. After skimming through a few tracks from their new sophomore album, About Everything and More I was blown away – this is some gorgeous music for a group of 21 year olds out of Gothenburg to be making.

With predominantly ambient tracks floating between six and eight minutes, there’s an anthematic and minimal structure to their arrangements. With enough variety between songs to hold your interest, I expect these guys will be around for a bit.

• MP3:Dorena – The Morning Bus

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I was interested to read some background information on the themes of the album from guitarist Kim Ruiz, where he said “These recordings came together during a period of time when all of us were standing right at the border between teenage life and adulthood. This album is a representation of that significant moment in our lives and the feelings of insecurity, love, loneliness and hope that come along with it”.