DAY BY
DAY
Their latest single may be called “Somber,” but that’s not
the feeling that comes across when Violet Days talk about
their music. The Sweden-based synthpop artist made up
of lead vocalist Lina Hansson and production partner Kris
Eriksson are anything but when discussing the track and
their experiences. We got the chance to talk with Lina
about how they came up with their sound, the inspiration
behind their debut EP, Made in My Head, and making their
debut performance at this year’s SXSW. BY MICHAEL
BOYLAN / PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIRSTOFFER
ERIKSSON
Cliché: How did you form Violet Days?
Lina Hansson: I initially moved to Stockholm to find
people who could play shows with me; we met in the
studio and started forming the band. At first, I called the
project ‘Violet’ until Kris came on board. After we started
writing and producing new songs together, the name
changed to ‘Violet Days’, since that was the start of the
new sound.
How did you come up with your sound? Who were
some of your inspirations?
We’ve been experimenting, and we always are. We always
try to find new ways of doing things and find what’s
unique within our sound. A lot of inspiration comes from
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movie soundtracks, though; it’s an interesting way of
looking for sounds. Inspiration also comes from artists
like Tame Impala, The Neighborhood, Beach Boys and
Michael Jackson.
What’s the process been like putting together your
debut EP Made in My Head?
We allowed ourselves to take some time on creating it and
to really figure out the concept. We pretty much had all
the songs already and after a while, we realized they all
tell a story together. This worked out really well with the
visual concept that we have. It’s a concept inspired by a
Swedish comic book from the 60s; there are two characters
from that book that we had our friend help us re-make and
animate in our own way to tell the story.
What can people expect from it?
It’s a full story and very visual; all the songs are chapters.
There will be a trailer for is that we already started to
release a piece of with every song.
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