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Ms EyesClosed had a great time chatting to Brighton’s Yonaka about their massive new body of work, ‘Seize The Power’, including their new single ‘Call Me A Saint’. Lots to cover here as the band talk about their upcoming appearance at Reading Festival, songwriting, and a lot of exciting new music coming. Video YONAKA pages Messed!Up recommends  

2021 has pretty much been a disaster so far, even worse off than 2020 (we had three great months before the pandemic arrived, remember?). But in all of this darkness, one of the only guiding lights has been an especially stellar slate of new bands releasing debut albums. If you enjoy the sound of guitars with a side order of …

A few years ago National Geographic’s tourist guide to Sweden claimed that Gothenburg is a city built on rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe you’ve heard of acts like In Flames, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity or Hammerfall – major international metal bands and all from Gothenburg. Best known for churning out heavy metal, Gothenburg’s rock music scene has thrived on its …

Last year Gothenburg’s krautrock/psych rock-inspired six-piece Skuldpadda announced that they called it a quits not long after releasing their second album, but for lead singer Michaela Åberg it didn’t take long before she inadvertently embarked on a solo career.   While suffering from sleep deprivation last fall, experimenting with sounds on her laptop served as meditation. But Åberg never intended …

Ms EyesClosed had a blast talking to Kortney of CHAPEL about the band’s upcoming EP Room Service, creating music in lockdown, and just being boujee in general. Also, Kortney teases a brand new music video. Video interview CHAPEL pages Messed!Up recommends  

Ms EyesClosed had a blast catching up with the very talented Emmy, singer of RedHook, who are about to release their EP Bad Decisions while also being lucky enough to be able to go on tour in their native Australia. They talk about collaborations on the record, the favorite songs off of it and, obviously, the iconic surprise sax solo …