Peter Morén’s SunYears Shares “Granddad’s Song (feat. Ron Sexsmith)”

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Today, SunYears, aka Swedish singer/songwriter Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John, shares the official video for “Granddad’s Song (feat. Ron Sexsmith),” the third single unveiled from the debut album Come Fetch My Soul! out June 16 via Yep Roc Records.

Of the track he offers, “I was really close to my maternal grandparents since they lived next door in the village I grew up. I often spent time there coming home after school as a kid. I played with my grandad; we built a museum of old stuff we found in the sheds, he told me stories from the old days and we played violin together. We even went to folk music-festivals in the area during summer and jammed with other people. I always felt we had a certain bond that stayed over the years. I sometimes think that he might have wanted to pursue what I did had he grown up in another age and with another background. He was always interested in the arts, beautiful things like flowers and gardening and especially music and in writing down stories he remembered. He was of the proper working class, did work in coal mining, sawmills, farming and all sorts and I don't think he considered anything else seriously. He led a long life and died in 2017, a hundred years old. On the cover of the album we see him and his big sister in 1920 on a picture taken by the locally famous photographer Karl Lärka, that documented the life of ordinary folks in the rural area of northern Dalecarlia where I come from.This is my goodbye song to grandpa and in the stop-start form and slow majestic limp of the chords, riff and pulse that runs through it, I see him and his wellies strolling around the neighbourhood. Another fine performance of the core trio I think. The happy sad - rise and fall of the melody made me think of Ron Sexsmith, someone I listened tons to in my early twenties but then lost track of a bit. I became nostalgic and went through all of the albums of his I missed the first time, lots of gold to discover. After having broken the ice with Jess I thought why not get Ron to sing on this? We follow each other on Twitter but then Ron follows lots of people on Twitter.. But he was glad I asked and was a fan of Peter Bjorn and John. And he said it was a really lovely song and sentiment which actually made me well up a bit. Now Ron isn’t my grandfather but hearing his mighty voice sing my words & melodies just made perfect sense and made the song hit harder. At least he feels like my big brother here.”

Ranging from wistful folk and Beatles-esque pop to psychedelic guitar jangle and shimmering balladry, the album is a result of nostalgic listening habits and thematically from dreams, most notably the rockabilly-esque track “Last Night I Dreamt I Met Phil & Don,” which takes inspiration from a dream meeting pop legends the Everly Brothers. The 10-track album's melodic wisdom immediately feels familiar yet is unexplored territory for Morén, who delivers a collection of tunes that instantly feel timeless.

For the album, Morén enlisted fellow indie artists Ron Sexsmith, Jess Williamson, Eric Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman), and Kathryn Williams, which resulted in multiple duets throughout the album. The closing track “Wake Up,” written during a songwriting retreat, features Kathryn Williams and Ren Harvieu. “During that trip, we sang a lot together in different groups,” explains Morén, “and it was that spirituality of singing with other people that I want to bring into this record.”

Previously released singles include, “Come Fetch My Soul! (feat. Jess Williamson),” and “Slipping Away.”

An open-ended name that references both the classic sound of 1950’s Sun Records and the passage of time itself, SunYears has been years in the making with a figurative birth that came during the pandemic. With touring scrapped, Morén rediscovered his love of playing guitar in solitude and the art of collaboration, which he did with a tight-knit group of friends and peers in his hometown of Stockholm. “Those experiences brewed something in me,” he recalls. “Looking at how other people make music and dipping in and out of other environments was really inspiring.”

Produced by Peter Morén, Ruben Engzell, and Daniel Bengtson, mastered by Magnus Lindberg, and mixed by Niklas Berglöf, all songs on the album were written by Peter Morén except “Wake Up,” which was written by Peter Morén, Kathryn Williams, and Ren Harvieu.

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