It took me all of three notes to say ‘SWEET, a new OMD track’! But wait, then it kicked into gear and I heard a more modern Synth sound and I found myself saying please don’t be one of those tracks where the music is amazing and then the vocals come in and ruin it. Well, that’s not happening here! What a pleasant surprise coming across this lovely little synthpop nugget.
I will admit I had to google just who the heck this Johan Baeckstroem character is, and come to find out he was part of the 90’s Synthpop duo Daily Planet who surprised me with the similarly out of nowhere track Nobody’s Friend a couple of years back. That song absolutely dripped of classic Yaz.
So, we’ve got Yaz and OMD and I cannot wait to hear what’s next!
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Author: Scott Zumberg
https://www.mixcloud.com/scottzumberg/ Scott Zumberg had music in his blood from an early age, a member of the Kiss Army at age 7, obsessed with Def Leppard's Pyromania and Old School Rap. He discovered the Big 4: Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure and The Smiths, paving the way to discovering other up and coming artists and sharing them with the world.
He was a college radio DJ at Michigan State University, later hosting various club nights in the Detroit area, co-hosting the Aural Bliss show on Auralgasms and Sound and Vision on Strangeways Radio. He still posts mixes of various themes and genres as Stereo Honey on Mixcloud.
Scott is an avid vinyl enthusiast and loves to read music bios, many of which you can find reviews of here on Strangeways.