Phantom Island - 2021 European Chimp Limbs Record Label Lime Vinyl 10-track LP

Smile Is The Pet Project Of Björn Yttling & Joakim Åhlund - Björn, Who Is A Member Of Famed International Jet-Set Trio Peter, Björn And John, And Also An Extremely Well Merited Writer And Producer For A Slew Of Other Superstars Such As Lykke Li, Primal Scream, Chrissie Hynde, Haim Etc To Name But A Few

Joakim, Or Jocke As They Call Him Back In Their Native Sweden, Is More The Freeloader Here, Riding On The Coat-Tails Of His More Successful Colleague, But He Has Also Been The Driving Force Behind A Couple Of Musical Projects Such As Teddybears And Caesars. He Has Dabbled In Songwriting And Producing Also, Working With Giorgio Moroder, Robyn, Charli XcX Etc. Together The Two Form Smile, A Duo, But That Also Sometimes Contains Several Of Their Talented Musician Friends. Featuring The Smash Call My Name Featuring Global Superstar Robyn On Vocals.

Joakim Åhlund and Björn Yttling last made a record together 8 years ago. Now they’re back to ride the hype with a new collection of songs they’ve named Phantom Island. ”Phantom Islands are mythical things that surface and appear in front of weary seafarers or castaways, only to disappear again later in a shroud of mystery never to be found again. We kind of felt that this music project has a lot of similarities with that”, explains Björn. ”Also, when we found some recordings and songs we had done together years ago, we felt like we had salvaged a sunken treasure or something” says Joakim.

This record is the second full length from their shared love project Smile, and as the band members themselves explain, encompasses ”as many as possible of all our cherished musical expressions and styles”. The record features guest appearances from Robyn on ”Call My Name”, and Andrew Innes from Primal Scream among others.

Tracklisting.

1.  Kylie
2.  Call My Name (Feat. Robyn)
3.  Special Knock
4.  Kattens Pyjamas
5.  Troll-Holk
6.  Eon
7.  Dressed For Success
8.  Different Kind Of Fog
9.  Landsort
10.Phantom Island