Here comes a little update on the second of the bands playing for us at Peace & Love, Swedens biggest festival later this week.

Frantic Sunday are a four piece from Uppsala in Sweden who have been making people jump around to their brand of explosive pop-rock since 2008. They have just released their new EP ‘Sunday School’ via Record Union and the boys have been getting compliments left, right and center from the bloggers and critics over here. We can’t wait to see them on stage later this week!

If you can’t make it to the festival then you can listen to the new EP “Sunday School” here … turn it up, close your eyes, jump around, throw some beer over yourself and imagine you are there!

They will be gracing the Orion Stage at 23:15 - 23:45 on Saturday night.

Check out more at their myspace

As you may know by now, we have a few artists from the Record Union camp playing at the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge next week. We want to introduce those of you who are lucky enough to have a ticket to one of our acts Boris Valdes. We will be introducing you to the other two acts over the coming week.

Malmö native Boris plays acoustic guitar and will be joined on stage by a full band at P&L. The music is made up of soulful, acoustic melodies, his voice filling each song with emotion and depth. Fans of José González, Ben Harper etc will find their influences in his music, but it is fair to say Boris brings something quite special into the mix. You can give him a listen in the video below.

Boris will be releasing his new album via Record Union later this year for those of you who want to get your hands on some more of his music. He will be playing on Saturday the 27th at the Orion stage from 21:15 - 21:45. Make sure you come find us at the RU festival tent, near the center of the festival ground!

We would like to thank all the artists who sent us their application to play at the P&L Showcase this year. Both Record Union and the A&R network were extremely impressed by the quality of the entries we received, which made it very difficult to chose the final line up. However, we have now arrived at our decision. The 3 bands chosen by Record Union and our A&R network to play at Peace & Love this year are:

Boris Valdes

Boris lives in Malmö and passes most of his days in his studio in möllevången. He plays sweeping acoustic melodies, his distinctive voice penetrating each song with emotion and depth. His chosen instrument is the guitar.

www.myspace.com/boriskitchen

Uppsala based electro duo Lissi Dancefloor Disaster consist of Johan Tilli and Josefin Lindh. LDD create electronic pop with an attitude. With LDD, contagious dance-punk meets attractive electronic soundscapes and wonderful upbeat rhythms.

www.myspace.com/lissidancefloordisaster

Frantic Sunday was formed in Uppsala, Sweden, September 2008. The band members are: Tomas Karlsson vocals and organ, Ola Renman bass, Joel Yngvesson guitar and Henrik Nilsson drums. Their beating pop music is highly expressive and organic, influenced by bands such as Razorlight, The Strokes and Yo La Tengo,

www.myspace.com/franticsunday

Dear friends. Record Union is pleased to announce that we will be collaborating with the Peace & Love festival this summer, selecting artists to perform at infamous P&L Showcase. Peace & Love is the second largest music festival in Sweden, drawing tens of thousands to the cosy Swedish city of Borlänge to enjoy 5 days of music and festivities.  The festival runs from the 22-27 June, and this year´s line up is looking as good as ever, with a diverse selection of quality acts taking the stage.

The P&L Showcase expresses Peace and Love´s commitment to nurturing up and coming independent and unsigned talent. This year, three organisations are collaborating with Peace and Love to fill the P&L showcase scene with the best upcoming artists in Sweden – Record Union is honoured to be one of these organisations. We are looking forward to giving 3 artists the chance to take the stage and show their stuff in front of thousands of eager festival goers.

We call on all bands wanting to hit the indie stage at Peace and Love this year to contact us at the following email address: peaceandlove@recordunion.com. Please cite the motivation for why you would you would like to be chosen for this opportunity, and provide a link to your myspace page or website. Record Union will evaluate each application in correspondence with our A&R network, and announce our selection at the beginning of June.  For all the rest of you, see you at the festival!