Undersung Aussie rockers SWEDISH MAGAZINES have announced their return with a new 'Best of...' anthology.
Formed by Tasmanian brothers Van and Cal Walker, Swedish Magazines came bursting out of Melbourne in the mid-Noughties with their high energy rock'n'roll. Following in the wake of the likes of Hoss and Powder Monkeys and taking their name from Iggy Pop's 'Five Foot One', they managed one album, the explosive Eat More Baby, before exploding themselves.
As prolific songwriter Van focused on a solo career, a brief Mags reunion in 2011 yielded a second album Wino Havoc with its anthemic opener 'Bottles & Barstools' before the band went their separate ways again turning up in such bands as The Livingstone Daisies, Heartbrokers and Tyrannamen.
With Van having just released his first album in a decade, the successful lockdown release Ghosting, the Mags are back for another turn of the page with a new deal with Melbourne's Rubber label and the compilation I wish Life Could Be...
Set for release on 10-track vinyl and 15-track CD on 19 November, I Wish Life Could Be... is available to pre-order here.