Friska Viljor
Gig Seeker Pro

Friska Viljor

Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden | INDIE

Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden | INDIE
Band Pop Alternative

Calendar

This band has not uploaded any videos
This band has not uploaded any videos

Music

Press


"Friska Viljor - Bravo!"

A glorious album of lovelorn, punch-drunk pop songs is the game for this Swedish twosome, who, as it turns out, teamed up after experiencing simultaneous heartbreak. Offering ravaged vocals and windswept guitarscapes in an ecstatic songcraft; it looks like their crap relationships did them a huge favour. - AM, Rocksound


"Friska Viljor - Bravo!"

A glorious album of lovelorn, punch-drunk pop songs is the game for this Swedish twosome, who, as it turns out, teamed up after experiencing simultaneous heartbreak. Offering ravaged vocals and windswept guitarscapes in an ecstatic songcraft; it looks like their crap relationships did them a huge favour. - AM, Rocksound


"Breaking Act - Sveningsson and Johansson were simultaneously dumped and then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache."

Friska Viljor

Who are they? Blond, bearded lushes from Sweden, Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson were simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends and, aghast, hit the bottle with a vengeance. As if resolved to cement the Scando stereotypes, they then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache. The results can be heard on their brilliant debut album, Bravo!, which hurtles, swoops, soars and keens in a manner that will delight fans of the Flaming Lips, the Magic Numbers, Jens Lekman and Arcade Fire. Jollied along by mandolin, ukulele, accordion, trombone, flugelhorn and Hammond organ, Friska Viljor´s songs are heart-on-sleave, declamatory and impossible to dislike. Bravo indeed. - Dan Caims, Times


"Breaking Act - Sveningsson and Johansson were simultaneously dumped and then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache."

Friska Viljor

Who are they? Blond, bearded lushes from Sweden, Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson were simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends and, aghast, hit the bottle with a vengeance. As if resolved to cement the Scando stereotypes, they then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache. The results can be heard on their brilliant debut album, Bravo!, which hurtles, swoops, soars and keens in a manner that will delight fans of the Flaming Lips, the Magic Numbers, Jens Lekman and Arcade Fire. Jollied along by mandolin, ukulele, accordion, trombone, flugelhorn and Hammond organ, Friska Viljor´s songs are heart-on-sleave, declamatory and impossible to dislike. Bravo indeed. - Dan Caims, Times


"Breaking Act - Sveningsson and Johansson were simultaneously dumped and then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache."

Friska Viljor

Who are they? Blond, bearded lushes from Sweden, Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson were simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends and, aghast, hit the bottle with a vengeance. As if resolved to cement the Scando stereotypes, they then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache. The results can be heard on their brilliant debut album, Bravo!, which hurtles, swoops, soars and keens in a manner that will delight fans of the Flaming Lips, the Magic Numbers, Jens Lekman and Arcade Fire. Jollied along by mandolin, ukulele, accordion, trombone, flugelhorn and Hammond organ, Friska Viljor´s songs are heart-on-sleave, declamatory and impossible to dislike. Bravo indeed. - Dan Caims, Times


"Breaking Act - Sveningsson and Johansson were simultaneously dumped and then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache."

Friska Viljor

Who are they? Blond, bearded lushes from Sweden, Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson were simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends and, aghast, hit the bottle with a vengeance. As if resolved to cement the Scando stereotypes, they then proceeded to mine pop gold from their inebriated heartache. The results can be heard on their brilliant debut album, Bravo!, which hurtles, swoops, soars and keens in a manner that will delight fans of the Flaming Lips, the Magic Numbers, Jens Lekman and Arcade Fire. Jollied along by mandolin, ukulele, accordion, trombone, flugelhorn and Hammond organ, Friska Viljor´s songs are heart-on-sleave, declamatory and impossible to dislike. Bravo indeed. - Dan Caims, Times


"Would-be heartbreak album finds happy-go-lucky momentum"

You might expect mournfulness. Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson bonded over break-ups with girlfriends and a vow to write and record only when drunk, and in Stockholm, drunk tends to mean more than tipsy. Yet for all their intentions to capture desperation and bitterness, Bravo! is a decidedly upbeat affair, buoyant enough to sidestep genre ruts with tingeling, spirited energy. Sure, there are I´m-so-lonely themes, but the acoustic purity and boyishness of the LP seems to suggest that ultimately, there are plenty more fish in the sea. - Chris Roberts, Uncut


"Would-be heartbreak album finds happy-go-lucky momentum"

You might expect mournfulness. Joakim Sveningsson and Daniel Johansson bonded over break-ups with girlfriends and a vow to write and record only when drunk, and in Stockholm, drunk tends to mean more than tipsy. Yet for all their intentions to capture desperation and bitterness, Bravo! is a decidedly upbeat affair, buoyant enough to sidestep genre ruts with tingeling, spirited energy. Sure, there are I´m-so-lonely themes, but the acoustic purity and boyishness of the LP seems to suggest that ultimately, there are plenty more fish in the sea. - Chris Roberts, Uncut


Discography

Albums:
2006: Bravo!
2008: Tour de Hearts
2009: For New Beginnings
2011: The Beginning of the Beginning of the End
Singles
2006: Gold
2007: Oh Oh
2007: Shotgun Sister
2008: Old Man
2009: Wohlwill

Photos

Bio

Those of you that have heard of Friska Viljor before probably know the story of how Daniel Johansson and Joakim Sveningsson started the band after both their relationships had gone down the drain. Those of you that haven´t heard of the band still know this particular kind of story far too good. Heartache has always been one of the prime catalysts for artistic work, and every artist sees their own suffering as something unique, and their thoughts and work about it as something the whole world should share, says Daniel.

After four years using music as a cheap therapist both Daniel and Joakim have now come to the point in their lives when it´s time for a fresh start. This clearly shows on the band´s third album ”For New Beginnings”.

The lyrics no longer consists solely of broken hearts. Instead there´s stories of happiness, sorrow and hope. You´ll get some soul searching in If I Die Now, a bit of nostalgia in the childhood portray Manwhore, and some apathy in
Hibiskus Park.

There´s also some changes in the music. You still get the drastic leaps between genres and the bands typical instrumentation with everything from mandolin, ukelele and glockenspiel to accordion, clarinet and saw. But you can clearly sense a new direction, away from euphoric choruses towards depth and seriousness.