Death to Stories / Of the Unpolitical



The revolution has not been cancelled. Könsförrädare have conquered many Swedish hearts with a both loud and melodically warm guitar rock. The friends from Sweden dare to grapple with subjects such as gender and norms as well as right and wrong in these politically paralysed days. Their debut album “Curse All Law” is produced by swedish indie icon Mattias Alkberg and was praised as one of the most promising new records of the year in Sweden. The buzz around the band resulted in a lot of live shows including concerts at major nordic festivals such as Way Out West, Roskilde Festival and by:larm, and as opening act for Glasvegas. Their first single “Raging River” got a lot of radioplay on Swedish national radio. And finally – as the band’s definite break through – Könsförrädare got a Swedish nomination to the prestigious Nordic Music Prize. Könsförrädare plays with a punk approach that will probably remind listeners with large record collections of Sleater-Kinney and Sonic Youth. But the young band doesn’t need quick comparisons – they hold their own, and their songs speak to both the musical heart and the political commitment. Coming from a small town in the northernmost part of Sweden Könsförrädare spent their youth playing together and came up with their sound – kind and violent with a dreamy twist. Their politically conscious and stylisticially refined lyrics makes it hard to separate pop from politics. Könsförrädare is also a riddle, even in Swedish. Roughly translated it means ”gender betrayers”, and refers to a recent controversy in Sweden when a famous feminist politician said that women who sleep with men betray their gender. The band picked up the word Könsförrädare giving it a broadened, positive and sophisticated meaning – instead of using it as a demeaning word it is a transformational and creative possibility. Könsförrädare is like the volcano Eyjafjallajökull. Impossible to pronounce but something you cannot miss out on. Members: Janinne Sandström Oja, Måns Lundstedt, Alina Björkén och Robin Bernhardsson. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.