Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band to release new album »Four Wings« on May 31st; first single and music video »The Pack« streaming!
Stockholm, Sweden based heavy blues rockers Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band are gearing up to release their second full-length album »Four Wings« on May 31st, 2024 via The Sign Records.
Watch a music video for the album’s first single »The Pack« below!
Tracklist:
01. Four Wings
02. The Pack
03. Northeast Passage
04. Vice Versa
05. Seasick
06. Backslide
07. Black Horses
08. Maverick
09. Treachery
10. Eastern Prairies
Courtesy of The Sign Records:
»Four Wings« is the second studio album by the heavy blues rock band Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band. Following their critically acclaimed debut »Spilt Milk« from 2020, the Swedish band returns with 10 new tracks where heavy guitar riffs, raw garage rock, and soulful blues blend with powerful vocals and a psychedelic ’70s flare. While embracing a modern approach to production, the sound is firmly rooted in influences from artists such as Rival Sons, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues Pills, Lucifer, and Jimi Hendrix. The outcome is a diverse and dynamic album full of energy and emotion.
»Four Wings« is produced and recorded by Ebba Bergkvist in Silence Studio in Koppom as well as Helgen Studio, Stockholm. All artwork for the album as well as its singles are hand drawn by Ebba. Erik Petersson, who previously worked with bands such as Siena Root and Heavy Feather mixed the album in No Regrets Fonogram Studio, and Fredrik Stålne mastered it. »Four Wings« is released by The Sign Records on turquoise vinyl with gatefold cover.
Pre-order here: ebbabergkvist.bandcamp.com/album/four-wings
Photo by Pontus Maina
Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band on their new album: “It all began when, in the state between wakefulness and sleep, I saw a white seagull with four wings flying over a beautiful valley. I woke up, wrote down what I had seen, and began formulating what would become the concept of this album. “If I were a bird, I wouldn’t have two wings, I would have four” – it represents an arrogance, an unreasonable ambition. That’s how the album begins, to then bring you back down to earth, present the downsides, and ultimately let you accept your fate. After three years of reformulations, restructuring, and arrangement difficulties, our second album is finally ready for the world, and we are incredibly proud!”
Biography:
Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band is a Swedish blues rock band who freely moves between heavy guitar riffs, raw garage rock and heartbreaking blues. With her powerful voice, Ebba Bergkvist mends the bond between the rock of the 70s and our modern soundscape, with the music’s energy as the most essential.
Photo by Linn Hallberg
What started as a solo project at a music school in northern Sweden 2017 soon culminated in the EP »Alright« (2019), which after moving back to the hometown of Stockholm was followed up by the acclaimed debut album »Spilt Milk« (2020). “(…) the unfettered, and emotive playing, and Bergkvist’s excellent vocals make the album an impressive calling card.” (Pete Whalley, Get Ready To Rock!). During the covid 19-years the band released a few follow-up singles including the song »Patience« released on the International Women’s Day 2021 featuring six other female rock singers.
2023 held alongside a few live shows around Sweden the recording of the band’s second album, to be released spring 2024. The band consists of the Swedish guitarist, singer and the Junior Blues Prize of 2023 winner Ebba Bergkvist, bassist Björn Björnehult Korning, drummer Adam Randolph and Finnish guitarist Jonas Skeppar.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well