Swedish trio Alpaca Sports release their new album Another Day on the 17th of January through Elefant Records. Today, they have shared the video for the title track and latest single ‘Always On My Mind’. watch it below. Driven by the production work of Ian Catt (Another Sunny Day, Field Mice, Saint Etienne, Trembling Blue Stars, Shampoo) it’s their most danceable moment yet with echoes of New Order, Saint Etienne, Dubstar, Even As We Speak and Club 8. The euro and synth-influenced pop sound wants to capture brighter days ahead, and is complimented by swooning vocal interplay which is the Alpaca Sports trademark. The spectacular music video is directed by the fantastic Jonas Börjesson and filmed during sunsets at different beaches and locations in the Swedish town Halmstad. A unique summer postcard captured with a Super 8 camera
This release also includes an extra track that won’t be included on the album, ‘No Place I’d Rather Be’ . The B-side shows a more controlled and organic side and is also the perfect complemen because if there’s one thing that Andreas, Amanda and Lisle are experts at, it’s bringing us the brightest lights in the form of sound. And of course, the fitting, colorful cover couldn’t be by anyone other than Ray Kimura.
So much has happened since Alpaca Sports released From Paris With Love in 2018. There have been new cities to live in, new chapters in their lives, health problems and loved ones lost. All of these circumstances have led, almost unintentionally, to Another Day, their conceptual new album about what change brings. The songs celebrate the few spare moments of calm and contemplation when we find ourselves in the midst of an immense shift. They dwell in the hazy spaces and golden hours when the day turns into night, when summer becomes fall, and all the other in-betweensin our lives that are full of fears, doubts, hopes and dreams.
This kind of fragile and heartbreaking beauty, that is so surprisingly powerful at the same time, is what we get from the group formed by Andreas Jonsson, Amanda Åkerman and Lisle Mitnik( Tiny Fireflies, Very Truly Yours).
It’s not that the group stopped working after their last release, but the changes they experienced affected the songs that Andreas and Lisle had been working on, and caused a bunch of unexpected mutations, which made this full-length take a lot longer than expected to complete Ian Catt (Another Sunny Day, Field Mice, Saint Etienne, Trembling Blue Stars, Shampoo) takes their music to new levels, pushing their most danceable facet (‘Always On My Mind’, ‘Slipping Through My Fingertips’) or perfecting vocal arrangements (‘Tonight’, ‘Break My Heart‘). The band maintains their incredible ability to make us smile while they talk about bitter things (‘Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine’, ‘Waiting For The Right Time‘), but they also meditate upon those beautiful details that ultimately turn into something tremendously beautiful (‘If Tomorrow Comes‘ and ‘Autograph’).
Once again, Ray Kimurais in charge of creating the album’s visuals, and there are also live drums from Hampus Öhman-Frölund (which was recorded again in New York by Gary Olson, of The Ladybug Transistor), stellar vocal harmony collaborations from Cristina Quesada, and the precious participation of Georgie, Ian Catt’s daughter, on the choruses of ‘If Tomorrow Comes‘.
Another Day is being released as a limited-edition, transparent vinyl on Elefant Records.
