When Saints Go Machine are putting Nordic music back on the map

It’s been a year since the Copenhagen-based electropop band, When Saints Go Machine, released their award-winning album, Rosy, but their latest double-single release, featuring “Chainsaw” and “Trying”, is putting Nordic music back on the map. While the trio might already have a reputation for their experimental tunes, they’re now taking things in an even more innovative direction. 

This time round, the focus of the music is actually the visuals that they inspire in the listener’s mind. A stoner’s dream? Yes. A natural direction for electronic music? Also yes. “More than ever, we want to make images burst through sound, creating a web of connections,” the band says. And the vision can clearly be seen in “Chainsaw’s” music video — a heady sequence of light effects, ranging from sobering fluorescence to rave-flavoured strobes.

The soundscape of the double-single could possibly be described as the love child of Swedish-born Lykke Li (“I Follow Rivers”) and Dutch electro-pop duo Klyne (“Like A Razor”) with a moodier edge. And they’re clearly doing something right since the trio are about to head off on a nation-wide tour of their home country — they’ve already had to add an extra date at the renowned Copenhagen-based music venue and nightclub, Store Vega. All of this follows on from a summer of headlining Danish festivals and nabbing their fourth “Song of the Week” on the national radio station, P3.

If you fancy a listen, you can stream “Chainsaw” and “Trying” on Apple Music and Spotify.