Patrik Backlund

Released

patrik — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:55:16 +0000

Here it is.
My new album. And it is great.
Buy it on iTunes or any digital distributor of your choice.
If you want to listen to it for free it’s here:

Please support me and Sabbarns Fonogram by buying the whole album or a couple of songs.
The 12″ vinyl can be ordered by sending an electronic mail to Sabbarn.

Enjoy.
/Patrik Emanuel Backlund

Video

patrik — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:43:07 +0000

At last!
Your first taste of the album is its title-track, Wolfrunner.
The video was made by my friend Simon Öhman Jönsson with a box-camera in a small studio in Umeå.
I bow deeply to Ztrit, Rickard, Elina, Micke, Anna and Simon for helping me out.
Vimeo allows for better embedding but it’s also on youtube.

Pre-orders of the vinyl can be made here.
Releasedate is 14 november.

Enjoy.
/Patrik Emanuel Backlund

Wolfrunner cover and pre-order info

patrik — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:00:07 +0000

Cover for Wolfrunner by Daniel Emanuelsson.

Photo by Anna Sahlén.

Side A

1. Dig
2. Wolfrunner
3. Paris, for Nina
4. Quarry God
5. Laugh like you mean it

Side B

1. Patron saint
2. There are thieves
3. My valley is my home
4. As if confession would be the silver bullet
5. Painting

The Wolfrunner vinyl will be available from November 14th 2012.
The album will also be available digitally via all major distributors.
If you would like to pre-order the album, send an e-mail to sabbarnsfonogram@gmail.com

Live at Umeå jazz festival

patrik — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:55:07 +0000

On sunday 29 october I performed at the closing concert of Umeå jazz festival. The two songs I performed were Annika Norlin’s Riot and Mattias Alklberg’s Lys upp mig som en stjärna. I was one of five artists and everyone was so great. Cleo and Kristin made a great rendering of Cleos Left the city burning and Frida Hyvönen was just epic. Below are my two contributions.

The band was Mathias Landaeus piano, Jonas Holgersson drums, Jan Östlund double bass, Henrik Oja guitar, Mikael Emsing percussion and Frida Hyvönen, who played Rhodes on Riot and sang on Lys upp mig som en stjärna.

/Patrik

Live 5/10

patrik — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:50:05 +0000

Hej,

“Vad har hänt sen sist, Backlund?”
“Vad håller du på med nu, Patrik?”

Så brukar dom fråga mig. Människorna. Och jag brukar ge förvirrade svar.
Men vad som har hänt sen sist är det här. Under våren 2012 färdigställde jag mitt nya album Wolfrunner. Ett egenproducerat alster på tio spår som är mer drömskt än Arsonist. Det är också mer obekvämt ärligt och personligt. Jag hade inte färdigställt albumet om det inte vore för Anna Sahlén, min sambo, som på nystartade etiketten Sabbarns Fonogram kommer att ge ut skivan i november.

Samtidigt som Wolfrunner gjordes klar började jag jobba med mitt nya band som består av Mats Hammarström på bas, Daniel Berglund på trummor och Henrik Oja på elgitarr och orgel. Med låtar till ett nytt album började vi repa. Konserten på Scharinska kommer att beröra Wolfrunner, titta tillbaka på Arsonist, men till största del kommer vi att spela vad som ska bli ett helt nytt album.
Svaret på vad jag håller på med nu kommer alltså den 5 oktober. För mig känns det som att jag då kommer presentera något viktigt och stort.
För de som gillar glättig substanslös musik som är sådär äckligt snygg på ytan är jag nog fel artist. Jag kan knappt skriva en textrad utan att bli på tok för allvarlig och vilja göra upp med allt jävla helvete från förr som närsomhelst kastar skuggor över dagarna. Till de som inte har något problem med musik som vill vara på allvar och som utforskar ett personligt mörker säger jag: Välkommen till min konsert.

Patrik Emanuel Backlund

Artwork by…

patrik — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:00:30 +0000

Danken, my good friend who made the artwork and design on Arsonist is now doing the same for Wolfrunner.
He does great work and sometimes his designs can even be seen worn by Paris Hilton. That sentence is not ironic or sarcastic in any way. The complete truth.
But to be fair, he said that the design on what she wore was made by Brio. His pug and also my friend.
You find Danken here: faltet.se
You find Brio here:

/Patrik Emanuel Backlund

Introducing: Wooden Teeth

patrik — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:16:52 +0000

Hello.
This post is about Wooden Teeth, the band now playing with me.
Sometime last december I met Henrik Oja and he told me he wanted to work with me. As we were both a bit drunk I thought he thought I was somebody else. He didn’t. Later we began recording some songs to try it out. We recorded three and besides us two on guitars and whatever was laying around, Mats Hammarström and Daniel Berglund played bass and drums. Frida Johansson of Väärt played violin and Ola Lidström of Syket played horns. The recordings were great but we decided we needed to play the songs live and asked Daniel and Mats to join. They did and the name this band wanted for themselves was Wooden Teeth. It might have something to do with age, I don’t know.

Anyway.

Here we now are, rehearsing new songs, gearing up for the release of Wolfrunner, and getting ready for new recordings.
I really admire Mats and Daniel for their work in Isolation Years (the band I adored and wanted to be in, eight years ago) and the great band Säkert!. Henriks work in Säkert! and some of his more obscure projects is something extremely respectfull to me as well. These people are responsible for some great music you’ve heard over the last years and will hear in the future. I’m sure. And it’s a humbling and awesome oppurtunity that I get to partake in.

Thank you awfully.
/Patrik Emanuel Backlund

Livevideos from 2012

patrik — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:14:48 +0000

Ny Våg

patrik — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:21:26 +0000

Mina grymma vänner på Ny Våg säljer nu min LP! Billigare än tidigare även. Det finns inte så många kvar so go nuts. Klicka på bilden för länk.

Livevideos from Text & Musik

patrik — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:22:24 +0000