Every week, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries live on 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday on What’s All This: Adventures in New Music.
Makthaverskan are a Swedish post-punk band from Gothenburg that formed in 2008 and, until now, flew under my radar — which intrigues me, as I’ve always loved like-sounding bands such as Alvvays and Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
Their upcoming album, Glass and Bones, is their first since 2021 and (according to fans) is a return to form that leans gleefully and more heavily on the frenetic post-punk elements of their jangle pop sound. Led by vocalist Maja Milner, the band tap into themes of obsessions and emotional turmoil on the record’s lead single, “Pity Party.” In truth, the track feels less like what the title suggests and more like a call to bolster yourself and fight off the wallowing effects of a heavy heart.
The full album release is set for April 3, and you can hear “Pity Party” from Makthaverskan on the latest episode of What’s All This via the player at the top of the page.
Best new indie music this week
- Morgan Nagler, “Grassoline”
- Charlotte Cornfield, “Hurts Like Hell”
- Cut Worms, “Windows on the World”
- Crooked Fingers, “Haunted (ft. Sharon Van Etten)”
- Damien Jurado, “A Place Reserved For Reverse”
- Evangeline, “Nothing I Can Do”
- waterbaby, “Memory Be a Blade”
- Daughter, “Not Enough”
- Charlotte Day Wilson, “Lean (ft. Saya Gray)”
- Makthaverskan, “Pity Party”
- Girl Tones, “Volcano”
- Snail Mail, “Dead End”
- Peaer, “Button”
