Alpaca Sports: Swedish indie-pop snapshots from Gothenburg

Alpaca Sports

Musical Group

Forfans of indie pop, jangly guitars, swedish pop, and listeners of belle & sebastian or the smiths.
3 Reviews 0 Definitions 2 Charts

The Profile

Alpaca Sports is a Swedish indie pop project from Gothenburg led by Andreas Jonsson. Known for jangly guitars and Belle & Sebastian-leaning arrangements, the project features collaborators like Amanda Åkerman, Carl Jirestedt, and Diana Andrén Scarpati, with artwork by Ray Kimura and releases on Luxury Records.

Swedish, Gothenburg-based indie pop project led by Andreas Jonsson; collaborators include Amanda Åkerman, Carl Jirestedt, Diana Andrén Scarpati; artwork by Ray Kimura; releases via Luxury Records; active since 2012.

Three reviews paint Alpaca Sports as a Gothenburg indie-pop project led by Andreas Jonsson, steeped in jangly guitars and Belle & Sebastian-esque arrangements. Singles like Just For Fun, I’ll Never Win, She’ll Come Back for Indian Summer, and I Was Running are praised. Collaborators include Amanda Åkerman, Carl Jirestedt, and Diana Andrén Scarpati, with artwork by Ray Kimura. Released via Luxury Records. Overall mood: sweet melancholy with bright, catchy melodies.

Notable Quotes

❝ Alpaca Sports is the name behind which Andreas Jonsson hides, a young man from Gothenburg, and his group of (friends) musicians who help him by playing in the recording of the tracks.