Swedish three piece Red Sleeping Beauty make a comeback with the 7″ single “Always” their first release in 15 years! It’s available world-wide Sept 11th via Shelflife on limited white vinyl and digital formats.
‘Always’ is an imperious slice of perfectly pitched melancholic indie-disco-pop laced with glacial pirouetting synth lines, clipped beats and garnished with elegantly soulful harmonies that shiver with the longing of unrequited love, staring into the middle distance as the chorus bursts like shooting stars in the night sky. Shimmering delightfully somewhere between early New Order and the Acid House Kings, I am swooning as I listen to it now. A touch of utter class, that makes you wonder what we have been missing out on for the last fifteen years!
“Red Sleeping Beauty formed in Stockholm in 1989 by singer Kristina Borg, singer/guitarist Niklas Angergård (Acid House Kings), guitarist Mikael Matsson (The Shermans), and bassist Carl-Johan Näsström. They made a huge impact on the international indiepop scene with two fantastic albums and a series of singles and EPs. Their first release was in 1992 with EP Pop Sounds (Marsh Marigold), followed by four 7″s all on different pop labels (Somersault, Motorway, Grimsey, and Sunday) before returning to Marsh-Marigold for the first full length Bedroom. They then signed to the legendary Siesta Records to release their fifth single “Sick & Tired”, their second album Soundtrack, and a compilation of singles. In 2014, the band reunited in the studio to record “Just For Fun,” an Alpaca Sports cover, as well as “Merry Christmas, Marie” as a special holiday track.”
