Dear Companion

Dear Companion was born in a small silver camper from Maine to Nashville early spring of 2009. Maja Alderin (swedish artist) and Loren Francis (american artist) were first introduced on Myspace, started recording together over the internet and then drove a camper (which Loren bought for $500 and rebuilt) 2000km from Maine down to Nashville, where they started to record their first EP with producer Tim Lauer. Then it bloomed from there..

“Dear Companion is this small silver trailer that rides across the ocean between Stockholm and Nashville with a big flag saying, ‘without music life would be a mistake’. On board, with contemporary sound and vision, Maja Alderin (vocals, piano, accordian, suitcase drum) and Loren Francis (vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica) create soaring duets, songs of lost record stores, mystic boat yards and a howling strain of desire. In other words, these are demanding love songs—with journey and distance at the heart. “Hold me close, or hold me far away”, is an emblematic refrain; this pair is all or nothing. Their live show will take you by the throat”. --- Mulevariations.com