The Population Release Self-Titled Debut 7″ Single This Week
I’ll be honest, a new Swedish duo releasing their first two-songer as a seven-inch probably is news around here most days, and I won’t pretend it’s not, but when that duo consists of guitarist/vocalist John Hoyles and drummer Axel Sjöberg, it’s worth taking a little extra note. The band is called The Population, and between the two players involved, it’s a pedigree that includes Spiders, Big Kizz, Witchcraft and Graveyard. So yes, in other words, significant. That was my point in the first place.
The two tracks, “Sacrifice” and “Anthropocene/Anthropocide,” both hover right around three minutes long, and you can decide for yourself which one is the victor as they duke it out for catchy supremacy. Neither of these cats is a stranger to boogie, of course, but there’s a Detroit-style (Stooges, MC5) thrust here especially in the second cut that speaks volumes of what they might do with a full-length. First of all, probably make it about 28 minutes long. Ha. We’d be lucky to have it.
No socials yet, just Bandcamp. That’s linked below, along with the stream of the song:
Come on and dig The Population!
The Population is John Hoyles and Axel Sjöberg. Two, by now, almost veterans in everything called rock’n’roll. They’ve always enjoyed each other’s friend- and musicianship throughout the years of touring together with different bands (Witchcraft and Graveyard) and also playing together in the early days of Spiders and John’s solo records.
They’ve chosen to present their new band with a brand new 7”, released by themselves. It’s pressed in an edition of 200, with a cover by Karin Lindgren. The two songs Sacrifice backed with Anthropocene/Anthropocide. Sacrifice is a classic classic heavy rock song, it has swinging guitar riffs, heavy drums, wild guitar solos and a slide that sounds like all the whales in the oceans were summoned to sing backing vocals. Anthropocene/Anthropocide is a faster, more energetic and punky song. It deals with the disgust you can feel for yourself and contemporary society.
The songs were recorded and mixed by Oskar Lindberg at Svenska Grammofonstudion. Expect more songs to be released from that session and live shows when the pandemic has come to an end. When the edition of 200 is sold out, the songs will be made available on the standard electronic platforms.
https://thepopulationgbg.bandcamp.com/
