Dear friends & fans,
this is an invitation to the Bittersweet Dance Club and it feels like our very first tape.
Bittersweet Dance Club didn’t start with a big plan or a mission. It was more like: send it over, I’ll give it a listen.
Steffen Keth, the voice of
@devisionmusic and Chandeen’s Harald Löwy began trading demos, samples, guitar ideas and late-night sketches. No grand concept, no manifesto, just songs. One became two, two became four, and at some point there were eight. Somewhere between “let’s just try this” and “hey, this actually sounds pretty good,” it became clear that this was turning into an album.
So: amps on, beats down, a little more air between the notes.
What started as a handful of loose fragments quickly took on a life of its own. The eight tracks drift between alternative indie rock, dream pop and a faint indie-noir glow — like driving through glittering city streets with the windows half open, your thoughts somewhere between moving forward and looking back. Less studio construction, more band feel, more instinct than strategy.
For Keth, it almost feels like a small metamorphosis. His voice, long framed by electronics, suddenly stands out in the open: closer, warmer, sometimes beautifully fragile. On the driving “Back In Time” it pushes forward, on “Afraid” it practically floats, and on “From The Stars” it sounds completely unburdened. A different focus, a new texture.
Heather Elle, known from New York post-punk band Bodega (
@bodegabk ),
@flossing___ and The Wants, steps in on three songs, adding a cool touch of Brooklyn attitude. Especially “My Fading Friend,” which feels like a late-night duet at dawn, out on the balcony — more a shared moment than a big dramatic statement.
Also on board is Dirk Ritter from
@seasurfermusic , adding some unique guitar textures to album. Produced in Malmö by Joakim Lindberg (
@studiosickan ).
In the end, Bittersweet Dance Club isn’t a side project or a deliberate change of style. It is simply two musicians rediscovering the spark and joy of playing like a band again after years in the machine room. Writing songs, hitting record, moving on. Not overthinking it. Just doing it.
Thanks for being with us ✨
