Between confessions curled in neon nostalgia and mischief masked as melody, the Swedish sibling duo Laptop computer Singers return with Nonetheless Associates — an album carved from collaboration, emotional readability, and the quiet anarchy of pop experimentation. On this interview, they crack open the artistic course of behind their new LP, replicate on songwriting as a method of immortalising remorse, and share how they stability acoustic honesty with digital sharpness. From Gothenburg’s bleak winters to the hotter tones of Nashville and Paris, their reflections stretch throughout climates and continents, all whereas maintaining the emotional temperature rooted in human connection. Whether or not they’re speaking concerning the stoic attraction of French pop or the fun of letting go of perfection, Laptop computer Singers show that generally the truest artwork comes from embracing contradiction.
Welcome to A&R Manufacturing facility, Laptop computer Singers — it’s a pleasure to have you ever again with us. Let’s dig into the music, the mischief, and the expertise behind your new LP, Nonetheless Associates. The one, That’s the silly issues I do after I’m drunk, is an exceptional exhibition of your skill to meld confession with celebration. How a lot of your songwriting is drawn from actual occasions, and the way do you resolve which recollections are price immortalising in a monitor?
— Thanks very a lot, A&R Manufacturing facility! This primary single from our new album “Nonetheless Associates” tells a classical story about ”strolling alone at midnight” whereas regretting your outdated errors, which at all times works in pop songs! We do consider that the very best songs are those that are impressed from one’s personal experiences, however perhaps not in a completely actually method. So in brief: we choose up emotions and feelings from actual life and switch them into effective artwork — similar to Shakespeare (ha ha)!
The brand new album pulls collaborators from all corners — from the Swedish west coast to Nashville and Actual World Studios — how did working with such a variety of musicians form the emotional or sonic terrain of Nonetheless Associates?
— Our base is in Gothenburg in Sweden, and whereas the core of the band is us two brothers, we now have an urge to stretch out to search for different gifted individuals to assist out with each vocal and musical contributions. We like to collaborate with different musicians, particularly with nice vocalists. Each time we come throughout an excellent singer, we actually prefer to let her or him interpret our songs and make their mark on the fabric. Along with our mates we constructed the temple that now’s ”Nonetheless mates”!
You’ve stated you’re keen on combining traditional songwriting with fashionable tech — how do you be sure that the guts of the tune isn’t misplaced within the perfectionism of manufacturing?
— We by no means attempt for perfection in our artwork. We try for feelings and emotions, no matter devices and which method we use. The lyrics and the vocals ought to at all times work along with the music. Subsequently, we at all times attempt to keep parts that are ”human” in our productions and mixes, for instance acoustic guitars, dwell drums and so forth, since this usually creates a pleasant counterbalance to the exact and clear operation of the computer systems. So we depend on a mixture between actual devices and fashionable laptop know-how.
There’s a thread of contradiction working by means of your work — you’re reflective and playful, digital and nostalgic, political and romantic. Is that this duality one thing you purpose to reveal intentionally, or is it simply the way you course of the world?
— As older you get, you come to comprehend that every little thing has two (or three) sides. You additionally understand that once you create music, you must by no means be too ”intelligent” or arrange any guidelines or restrictions. It’s best to merely simply let the artistic course of have its method and see the way it manifests itself by means of the music. And if the music is contradictory, it’s as a result of that’s how we see the world.
You recorded within the rain-soaked autumns and snowy winters of Gothenburg, and in addition labored with artists from sun-drenched scenes like Nashville and Paris — do the environments the place you write and document affect your creativity?
— We’re used to the adjustments of the seasons right here in Gothenburg, that’s for certain! Nonetheless, we’re in all probability not that impressed by nature anyway… If we lived in for instance the West Indies, we’d problably not be that impressed by issues like seashores or the solar. We’re impressed by music, films, books and artwork — not the character or the shifting of the seasons.
The reference to “philosophers and prophets” in your press launch is one thing we’d like to discover— how a lot do your educational or private philosophies discover their method into the lyrics?
— We’re sufficiently old to have lived by means of numerous adjustments on this world, and to see patterns and causes for adjustments and improvement — that’s a philosophy nearly as good as any. Nonetheless, we now have no strict educational perspective right here — hey, that is pop music
French pop appears to have performed a giant function in shaping the brand new launch — what did artists like Alice et Moi and Zélie supply as influential muses?
— We love French music! There are such a lot of nice singers, musicians and producers in France, and there may be a lot fascinating music coming from the French music neighborhood. French music is sort of totally different from music from England and the US, for instance — it’s usually extra trustworthy and simple, and at all times strictly non-ironic. The French pop artists have a brand new, recent and European method of making artwork.
The album is known as Nonetheless Associates — in an period of digital detachment and superficial connections, what does friendship imply to you as artists, and the way does that worth manifest within the music?
— Friendship within the sense of collaboration and alternate of concepts in music is completely important. The sensation you get when a musical buddy and contributor makes one thing to your tune that you possibly can or wouldn’t handle your self is phenomenal. That’s how actual musical progress is made. And all of the individuals who helped us to create ”Nonetheless Associates” are very pricey to us — creating music collectively is a good way of maintaining friendships alive!
Interview by Amelia Vandergast
