The last few days, I’ve been listening a lot to a beautiful and very special album from the Swedish sister-duo Piroth. The album is called “Safe Haven”, and  it is released on the sisters’ own label Oma Gusti Records today, the 21. October. Piroth are sisters Nina (vocal, percussion) and Johanna (vocal, guitar), and the two have previously self-recorded, produced and released the ep “Alternative Tour” and their debut album “Prima Ballerina”. Now, it’s time for “Safe Haven”, and they have at least one new fan…

The music is warm and highly melodic, but with a dark and melancholic undertone, in a good way. The closest genre I can put it in must be “folk”, but this is clearly influenced by a lot of different styles, also more noisy genres like punk and alternative rock. Most of it is based on acoustic instruments, and the general feeling is quiet and calm. Sometimes the duo’s sound grows louder and rougher, like on the haunting “When the night is over”, with pounding drums and rough guitars laying the ground for Nina and Johanna’s voices.   Other huge favourites are especially the quiet and beautiful “Hurt little birds” and the piano-driven “Smiling Streets, Singing Cars”.

Ah, the voices… this is definitely the most important element of Piroth’s music.  Nina and Johanna’s vocals are incredibly beautiful, and the way their voices spins around and play with eachother in amazing harmonies are… well, – ahhhh!

“Safe haven ” is a very, very good album, and it is highly recommended from this writer. You can buy all of Piroth’s releases, including this one, on Klicktrack.

Here is the video for their track “Fog Dancers”: