February's Best of What's Next is Swedish indie rock band Girl Scout
Girl Scout, a rock quartet from Sweden, have only released, at the time I’m writing this sentence, three songs. Even so, they are the best new band in the world. But how could that be? Just trust me. Of course, propping an artist up on such a tall pedestal can have its consequences. But, sometimes, you can tell when there is magic. Is it hyperbolic of me to make such a grand assumption? Perhaps, depending on the musical tastes of those receiving my proclamation.
The band did what any artist in the digital era does: They created an official Instagram account, where they posted, as Jansson calls them, “analog photos” combined with sound bites from their songs, which led to them getting a manager, signing to Made Records and building a small following across the globe. They’ve remained steady in their output, creating 15-20 songs in an eight-month span. Girl Scout also has a secret SoundCloud of around 50 demos, and the number keeps ticking upwards.
That type of singularity only adds to Girl Scout’s lore. According to Jansson, there are many great indie acts working in Sweden right now, like Amason, a “breezy, synth-generated, Nordic kind of indie pop” band. There are Snail Mail-type groups, but Girl Scout is not running in those circles. “For us, I think it’s been so much more individualistic in the sense that we don’t have a physical music scene where people meet up and see different bands,” she adds.
When trying to understand what the magic of Girl Scout really is, it’s hard to look away from the fact that the band writes cathartic songs joyously. All signs point there, as the band looks to tell their stories in a language that doesn’t feel so puffed up with pretty filler or rewritten cliches. Sometimes the tracks do resemble the “sad girl indie” trope that has been weirdly heaped onto non-men in music who make albums that are emotionally dynamic and immense.
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