Born out of a long-distance correspondence, Sweden/New York-based transatlantic duo Fuses craft songs that feel like signals sent across oceans. Their debut album ,Sawdust in the Transmission out June 26 via Having Fun Records, the rock imprint of Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies, bridges geography and emotion with a sound steeped in 60s folk rock and classic country. Echoing the timeless jangle of The Byrds, the pastoral storytelling of Fairport Convention, and the bittersweet warmth of artists like Gram Parsons and Jason Molina, the record connects the Swedish urskog with the Canadian muskeg. Lush vocal harmonies and reverb-soaked steel guitar create a sound that is both melancholic and hopeful, timeless yet uncommon.
Drummer and bassist Moa-Linn Rosenlöf (Orkan, Spela Död) first met guitarist Craig Fahner when his Toronto-based group Motorists played Gothenburg in 2024. What began as a chance meeting quickly evolved into a daily creative exchange. Plans to reunite in New York City were ultimately derailed by visa complications, but the setback became the catalyst for the album. Instead, the pair spent a week sending Ableton sessions back and forth across the Atlantic, planting the seeds for a collection of songs that would later be brought to life during a dedicated recording session at Gothenburg’s legendary Nacksving Studios, a site deeply connected to Sweden’s 1970s political progg movement. The week proved especially momentous: the day after completing the recordings, the duo traveled to a courthouse in Borås and were married, sealing both their creative and personal partnership.
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