Just north of the small town Eslöv in southern Sweden, the forest begins and doesn’t end until the Arctic Ocean takes over. There, on the edge of the forest, a few meters below the ground, Det enda bl.a. (The only i.a) materialised. Det enda bl.a. plays restfully lumpy instrumental music that sounds a bit like jazz but is without so many long solos, it also sounds a bit like folk music, which is by a coincident.“I think how a melody relates to harmony is part of the good things in life.
– John Bjerkert – Det enda bl.a.
With one foot in indie pop bands and the other in jazz and the Swedish soil, Det enda bl.a. creates a completely unique intersection of something you think you recognise but then forget. After a couple of EPs, it’s now time for their debut album. The album has been titled “Som att börja gå nedför i en stillastående rulltrappa” (Like starting to go down a stationary escalator) and will be released on October 24. The first taster is released today, Friday, August 29, in the form of the song “Med ett liv i behåll?” (With one life preserved?).
Artist: Det enda bl.a.
Single: Med ett liv i behåll? (With one life preserved?)
Release date: August 29
Label: Adrian Recordings
Pre-order vinyl here: https://adrian-recordings.myshopify.com/products/det-enda-bl-a-som-att-b-rja-g-nedf-r-i-en-stillast-ende-rulltrappa
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/45GPTIIRhIe0mTIePX0CXx?si=54zNGwv3SxCl772_HiTfww
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/album/448899123?u
Bandcamp: https://detendabla.bandcamp.com/track/med-ett-liv-i-beh-ll
Behind the project Det enda bl.a. is John Bjerkert. In the band, songwriter John Bjerkert plays drums and piano, Conny Fridh bass, Isak Ringnér guitar and Andreas Sjögren saxophones, keyboards and percussion.
Det enda bl.a. is a pure solo project completely dependent on the participation of others.
“Det enda bl.a. is a very private project that was created by me going down to the basement and staying there for a while. It’s formalized whims and the same song in different versions. Writing music, or for that matter creating in general, I think is about staying in the flying thoughts, joining them together and then backing off. Complete focus on details becomes a nice unthought-out whole.”
– John Bjerkert – Det enda bl.a.
John Bjerkert also plays in Den svenska tystnaden and Björns vänner
Conny Fridh also plays in Björns vänner, David & the Citizens and New Partner
Isak Ringnér also plays in the band King Squid and Slug Mass
Andreas Sjögren also plays in Hederosgruppen, Allt är musik and Slug Mass
