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Says Hi

by sir Was

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A Minor Life 04:13
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Falcon 04:35
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Near Here 04:42
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Crushed 04:57

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“It took me 15 fucking years to feel brave enough to do this!” Joel Wästberg, the man behind the eccentric sir Was alias, confesses. “To reach the point where I could let myself do this was a long struggle. But once I felt less scared, it was kind of easy. It just came out, like: ‘This is the sound!’”

If you’re looking for the story behind sir Was, you don’t need to go far. The secret is there in the opening lines of his debut EP’s magical opening track, ‘A Minor Life’: “Stayed behind these walls too long,” a vulnerable falsetto advises us, “Kept my life on hold too long/ Dreaming of all I was not…” It’s a confession typical of an artist who demonstrates an unusual but gratifying honesty, and its musical accompaniment – distinguished by the unconventional sound of bagpipes and recorders – is similarly appealing.

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released June 3, 2016

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sir Was Sweden

sir Was is Gothenburg based multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer Joel Wästberg. After studying at Sweden’s top music college Joel started his professional music journey when Jose Gonzalez asked him to join Junip. Encouraged by his friends Little Dragon he began to release his own music and has collaborated with Teleman, Gengahr, Falle Nioke, Caspar Clausen (Efterklang) and Seb Wildblood. ... more

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