Sweden’s NONONO Set To Invade America

NONONO, aka lead singer Stina Wappling, and the production duo Astma & Rocwell, just released their debut EP digitally in the US on September 17th, with a full album to follow in early 2014. NONONO will be coming to America for the first time in October, headlining Mercury Lounge in NYC on Tuesday, October 15th with Los Angeles and San Francisco dates to be announced in the coming weeks. October 22nd will see NONONO make their network TV debut in the US, performing “Pumpin Blood” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

As Stina affirms: “There’s something that ties the sound of the songs together but they’re all a little bit of different. We never wanted to decide upon a genre or what the NONONO sound was. We just always go with what we felt like and what inspired us that day – you go from being happy to being sad to being shallow to being deep, so whatever mood we’ve been in that’s what song will emerge.”

Part of the identity of the band is sourced from the freedom that emerged when they all turned down musical projects that they weren’t comfortable with. But, as Stina explains, that can be applied across other areas of life too: “Most of the time people want to say yes, like, ‘Yes, I want the job’ or ‘Yes, I want to be your girlfriend.’ But it’s a lot harder to say no. It’s really important to live your life for yourself, and what things you want to do and what relationships you want to keep.”

This group has an awesome sound, a bit like fellow electro-pop Swedes Icona Pop. Once more US tour dates are announced, I sincerely hope that Minneapolis makes the list.

Check out the video for the single “Pumpin Blood”.

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[/col] [col size=’2/2′ pos=’last’] Pumpin Blood EP
01 Pumpin Blood
02 Jungle
03 Fire Without A Flame
04 Like the Wind
05 Pumpin’ Blood (Acoustic)
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