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Artist
Her Bright Skies
12+ albums
post-hardcoreemocorescreamoswedishrock
about
The Swedish pop punk and post-hardcore band Her Bright Skies was founded in Jönköping in 2005. The band broke up in 2016 and played their last concert on March 26. They returned four years later as a quartet and with a new single, "Bored", released on March 20, 2020 , next single ''This is me letting go'' out on March 13, 2021. They are still present. Jönköping is a city with a population of around 90,000, which was once known for its matchstick industry and is now home to the central warehouses of several corporations, including IKEA. Though you may not be aware of it, Jönköping is also a sort of breeding ground for musical talent. ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog was born there and The Cardigans got their start there as well. While in a much different musical vein, Jönköping will surely soon become known as the town that brought us pop-punk/post-hardcore band Her Bright Skies. HBS’ guitarist/vocalist Petter “Pete” Nilsson recently sat down to answer some questions regarding how the band got its start, their songwriting process, and the release of their latest album, Rivals. It all began in 2005. Nilsson was still in high school when he ran into vocalist Johan “Jaybee” Brolin at a local show. “We knew each other from before, playing in different local bands for some years. I don’t know how, but we agreed on starting a new band and within a few days we had recruited some of our friends to play bass, guitar and drums. We had our first rehearsal the same week and played our first show
