Our favorite Swedish pop darlings Shout Out Louds are back! “Oh Oh” is the first new song from the Stockholm quartet since 2013’s Optica and serves as an alluring preview of their fifth album, out later this year. The Line of Best Fit has accurately identified "Oh Oh" as "a huge, harmony-drenched instant pop classic." The video was shot by the band on the Spanish island of Mallorca, and it’s just as enchanting as the music. Watch now!

While Shout Out Louds were quiet, the members of the band stayed busy with other endeavors—musical and otherwise—during the last four years. Families were formed, children were born, lead singer Adam Olenius released a solo EP, keyboardist Bebban Stenborg put out an album with her band Astropol, and bass player Ted Malmros released music with his duo, A Nighthawk. After this hiatus from the band, the time felt right to revive Shout Out Louds. The group elaborates on the new material:

“Oh Oh” in some way feels like the trigger for this album. We felt, as soon as we had completed it, that the only way we could and should do this was to focus on the energy, the feeling in everything. We wanted to get back to our roots, to our togetherness and some kind of craftsmanship. We reminded ourselves that we are a band that love each other and playing together; the rest is pretty unimportant to us. “Oh Oh” is a lot about keeping that feeling, of never letting go of a dream.

Most of the songs on the forthcoming album were recorded in a small basement studio in Stockholm with producer Fredrik Swahn of The Amazing, who also recently worked with French artist Melody’s Echo Chamber.

Furthermore, Shout Out Louds have announced a full world tour, including North American shows in the fall, which can be found below. We heartily endorse connecting with Shout Out Louds on Facebook and Instagram, as there will be plenty of music news and even more shows to come in 2017.

Shout Out Louds on tour:
May 17 London, UK - Thousand Island
May 19 Brighton, UK - The Great Escape Festival
May 25 Neustrelitz, DE - Immergut Festival
Jun 10 Munich, DE - Puls Festival
Sep 16 Darmstadt, DE - Golden Leaves Festival
Oct 04 Vienna, AT - Wuk
Oct 05 Graz, AT - PPC
Oct 06 Salzburg, AT - Rockhouse
Oct 07 Winterthur, CH - Salzhaus
Oct 09 Munich, DE - Muffathalle
Oct 10 Erlangen, DE - E-werk
Oct 11 Leipzig, DE - Täubchenthal
Oct 12 Cologne, DE - Live Music Hall
Oct 13 Hamburg, DE - Uebel & Gefährlich
Oct 14 Berlin, DE - Astra Kulturhaus
Oct 25 Malmö, SE - Kulturbolaget
Oct 26 Göteborg, SE - Pustervik
Oct 27 Stockholm, SE - Vasateatern
Oct 30 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
Oct 31 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
Nov 02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Nov 03 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 04 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Nov 05 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Nov 06 Toronto, ON - Mod Club
Nov 07 Columbus, OH - The Basement
Nov 08 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Nov 09 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
Nov 12 Vancovuer, BC - Venue Night Club
Nov 13 Seattle, WA - Crocodile
Nov 14 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
Nov 15 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Nov 17 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
Nov 18 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room