Shout Out Louds

Born in Stockholm in the early 2000s, Shout Out Louds brings together Adam Olenius, Ted Malmros, Carl von Arbin, Bebban Stenborg, and Eric Edman around melodic indie pop rock that blends bright guitars, keyboards, a New Wave tension, and choruses with direct, straightforward writing. The group formed in 2001 among childhood friends and first released the EP 100° in 2003, followed by their debut album Howl Howl Gaff Gaff the same year, which established them on the Swedish scene and then beyond Scandinavia. Shout Out Louds later developed a more nuanced sound on Our Ill Wills (2007), produced by Björn Yttling, with darker hues and more prominent synth arrangements. After a period of touring and a hiatus, the band recorded Work (2010) in Seattle with Phil Ek, then returned to a more collective and self-produced approach for Optica (2013). Ease My Mind appeared in 2017 with a more guitar-oriented direction, before House in 2022 on Bud Fox Recordings. Over the years, Shout Out Louds has moved between European indie scenes and North American stages, keeping a concise pop writing, driven by the alternation between rhythmic momentum, light melancholy and textures inherited from Swedish indie pop.