The Slow Summits are a quartet (from Linköping, Sweden) of more or less fagged out dreamers from Sweden, whose melodic and jangly indie pop is inspired by bands like The Go-Betweens, Orange Juice, Felt, McCarthy, Housemartins, Prefab Sprout and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. “We write songs in the key of midlife crises, that can accompany the pathologies of everyday life. Hopefully the songs can make you smile and nod in recognition, or clench your fist, or even shed a tear. At best, they make you dance like crazy. The lyrics may seem judgmental, sung from the backs of high horses, heckling in a way that would make Statler and Waldorf blush, but the barb is directed at the band members themselves as much as anyone else.” The Band is composed by Anders Nyberg (Vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion), Mattias Holmqvist Larsson (Bass, choir, percussion), Karl Sunnermalm (Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, choir vocals) and Fredrik Svensson (Drums). After a wonderful debut e.p. out in 2019, Languid Belles, (on two of the songs Amelia Fletcher does some stunning backing vocals), some jangly pop songs (Safe And Sorry, Not The One, (Just Another) Holy Night and Time’s On Your Side), a 7” single, Budge/ Then Again on the French label Too Good To Be True in 2022, another song, Oh Me Oh My in 2023, and Yore Songs, a compilation album on Subjangle out in May 2025, the band will have Every Intention, its debut album, out tomorrow, 4th of July, again on Subjangle. Today we are excited to share with you Not That Hard, a second single from the album, as an exclusive premiere here on TRISTE©.

What They Say: “Not That Hard is an up-tempo and upbeat tune about a subject that can make one feel quite down – egocentrism. We hope this song will make a good example of the signature Slow Summits style of blending cynical lyrics with starry-eyed jangly music.“

The Album:

“On Every Intention, released by Subjangle Records, we have tossed together quite a delicious mix of new wave jangle pop, swinging indie pop, twee, raucous power pop and dance ballads. Twelve songs – all of them fairly enchanting.
The songs mostly revolve around themes like ignorance and injustice. They deal with topics such as racism, thirst for power, defeatism, climate denial, greed and egocentrism. But, there are also serenades about melancholy, forgiveness and compassion. A bit of hopefulness and idolization, in middle-aged twee format, is also in place on Every Intention. Not too bad, if we may say so!“

Every Intention will be out tomorrow, Friday July 4th on Subjangle Records. Look HERE for more information on The Slow Summits.