Makthaverskan have returned with a brand new two-song single “Demands” b/w “Onkel.” The A-side is the band in classic form: jangly guitars, memorable bass lines accompanied by a driving drum performance all help to push vocalist Maja Milner’s soaring words into the stratosphere. On the opposite end, “Onkel” is faster paced, building up into a crescendo that recalls influences like the Cranberries and the Cocteau Twins.

Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the post punk five-piece roused a worldwide following with the single “No Mercy” and the release of their sophomore album II via Boston’s Run For Cover and Sweden’s Luxury Records. The failure of love and loss of innocence that punctuated II and “No Mercy’s” searing condemnation of “fuck you for fucking me when I was seventeen” later gave way to a new, brighter worldview on follow up LP Ill (2017). These themes continue on two brand new singles “Demands” and “Onkel.”

You can also pre-order the new 7″, along with the II and III LP’s at a discounted rate.