If ‘Sing-Along Songs’ was the dazzling front-facing grin, ‘Your Love’ is the shadow cast behind it- the unspoken story hiding in the glint of a smile. The newest release from Swedish indie shapeshifter Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends (the solo vessel for former Redmoon member Alien Friend) leans into subtle subversion: a deceptively simple B-side that evocatively haunts.
Originally penned by Paul Anka, ‘Your Love’ isn’t just a cover- it’s a complete reimagining. Cloaked in gauzy tremolo guitars and an almost spectral ambience, the track feels like it could’ve slipped from a jukebox in a dream David Lynch never finished. There’s something almost cinematic in its restraint- nostalgic without being sentimental, eerie without resorting to theatrics.
Where past releases leaned into the shimmer of power pop or the rootsy tug of Americana, this track treads into stranger terrain. It’s as if Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends opened a portal not just to another era, but to an emotional space untouched by genre. The vocal delivery is hushed, but weighted, like someone singing a secret through a wall. There’s youth in the melody, but age in the air around it.
Paired with the sharply ironic ‘Sing-Along Songs’, this release duo offers two sides of the same existential coin: one bright, catchy, and full of questions it dares you to hum; the other, eerie in its stillness, quietly unspooling memories we’re not quite sure are ours.
This is a mood that sneaks up on you, the kind of song you forget you’ve been humming until you realise it’s carried you somewhere else entirely.
Expect more sonic shapeshifting from the project’s upcoming material, rumoured to dip into the earthy textures of Swedish folk. Until then, ‘Your Love’ is your invitation to slow dance with ghosts- and maybe, just maybe, feel something real in the echo.