The eagle transcends altitudes of 10,000 feet. 
His golden plumage breaks through the clouds 
and he escapes the bounds of this green earth. 
While some might say he flies too high, like Icarus, 
we believe that one day, we will all transcend,
and have our youth renewed like the eagle’s.

Yesterday The Apiary released a two-track EP from swedish artist Jesper Merrild aka Young Eagle. Earlier this year I came across Jesper’s covers of The Tough Alliance and jj as well as a wee pop gem from back in the day. Young Eagle’s debut release No One Is Holy Without Suffering goes just where I’d been hoping it would; it has the jj-esque balearic feel paired with a darker, sultry, rain-drenched Gotëburg mystique. Ära.

Young Eagle - No One Is Holy Without Suffering

Young Eagle - Jag Kommer Ihåg

Download EP

I leave for my first year of college very soon, so here’s a mix for my travels and for yours. None of these ten tracks are particularly new; they’re simply tunes to get us where we’re going.

tracklist:

Jules & Jim - Leaving Home/Going Home

Air France - hold on to me, baby

Air France - Afraid You Told Someone About Us

The Tough Alliance - First class riot (a touch of Jules & Jim)

Korallreven - Honey Mine (ft Victoria Bergsman)

Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Só Danço Samba (I Only Dance Samba)

Delafé y las Flores Azules - Como Loco

Southern Shores - Bonfire

Moths -

Karibien - Stockholm 

Download Mixtape: Leaving Home/Going Home