When Vero dropped their debut Unsoothing Interior in 2022, the world was still shuttered. The Stockholm trio - Julia Boman (bass, vocals), Amanda Eddestål (guitar), and Clara Gyökeres (guitar) - were streaming sets for SXSW from a laptop instead of sweating them out in packed rooms. Two years later, they decided to build their own refuge: a rehearsal and recording space in collaboration with a sound-engineer friend. For the first time, they had a sanctuary.
They weren’t even sure another album was in them—until the very first session, when soon to be first single “Calico” appeared almost fully formed. What followed was a whirlwind: two months of writing in Stockholm’s winter darkness, songs erupting without hesitation. No re-takes, no polishing, no overthinking. Just heat, speed, and instinct.
“We suddenly realised we needed this album to exist” the band says, “and we wanted to create it as fast as possible, so that you could hear it in the songs”.
The band invited their collaborator Mille Hökengren to sit in on drums, reshaping the material into something more physical, urgent, and live. That decision defined Razor Tongue. Recorded as a 4 piece in a room, the album thrives on tension and release, jagged edges and sudden detonations.
Lyrically, Razor Tongue lives in the shadows between people: messy declarations of love, the paralysis of apathy, obsessions that burn too hot, the solitude of fumbling in the dark, the ache of growing up without guidance. These themes coil tightly around the music’s raw propulsion.
The songs flirt with 90s alt-rock and punk but refuse to sit still. Vero once again revel in contrast: shifting moods mid-song, letting refrains burst like fireworks, pulling tension until it snaps. Boman’s vocals is a paradox in motion, both breathy and commanding, delicate and sharp, full of texture and control. It’s instantly recognizable, an ID card for the band, cutting through noise and distortion with both fragility and force.
Razor Tongue feels both meticulously crafted and barely held together, like it might collapse or combust at any second.
Released via PNKSLM, Razor Tongue is the sound of Vero not just surviving, but claiming their own ground - louder, faster, sharper.
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