Swedish band Girl Scout (who we named an artist to watch in 2023) have announced their debut full-length album, Brink, due out March 20 via AWAL. It was produced by Alex Farrar, and Emma Jansson says, “Brink came out of a time when I couldn’t really picture what the future might look like. Somewhere between dread and anticipation; I was standing on the edge of something unknown, craving change but feeling stuck in the same old patterns. It was like real satisfaction felt just out of reach, and looking back at childhood and teenage memories made me realize how much had changed. How much I missed that sense of possibility you carry as a kid. The weight of life choices had crept up on all three of us, and suddenly every decision felt more meaningful than it ever had before, as if we could trace the growing ripple effect of every choice we made. Making this album became a way to work through those feelings — the confusion, the grief, the feeling of time running out, the reality of getting older — as much as it became a means of finding new reasons to keep moving forward.”
The first single is “Same Kids,” a hooky and immediate slice of indie pop that you can hear below. “I spent a big part of my early childhood outside of Sweden (Japan, the US, Germany),” Emma says. “When I was twelve, my family finally settled in a small town back home. It wasn’t until a few years later that I met people who truly liked the same things I did. For the first time I really felt understood; like the world opened up once I found people who listened to the same music and were drawn to the same weird niche things. When I met Kevin and learned he spent much of his childhood in Canada before settling in Sweden, we realized we share a lot of oddly specific childhood memories. It reminded me of that moment I first found like-minded people, and made me reflect on what it might have been like to know these people earlier in life. How much that would have meant. That same feeling is the inspiration behind ‘Same Kids’ and a big reason this band exists in the first place: to form your own little circle with its own secret language and ideals around it.”
Girl Scout will be on tour in Europe and the UK in spring of 2026. See all dates below.
GIRL SCOUT – BRINK TRACKLIST
Intro
Song 1
Same Kids
Dead Dog
Keeper
Uh-Huh
Operator
Simple Life
Ugly Things
The Kill
Crumbs
Homecoming
Outro
GIRL SCOUT – 2026 TOUR DATES
April 16 – Oslo, John Dee
April 17 – Gothenburg, Pustervik
April 18 – Stockholm, Debaser Strand
April 22 – Lund, Mejeriet
April 23 – Aarhus, Phono
April 24 – Copenhagen, Ideal Bar
April 25 – Hamburg, Turmzimmer
April 26 – Berlin, Kantine am Berghain
April 28 – Cologne, Blue Shell
April 29 – Paris, Le Pop Up du Label
May 1 – Nijmegen, Merlyen
May 2 – Amsterdam, Paradiso Small Hall
May 16 – Manchester, The Deaf Institute
May 17 – Glasgow, Room 2
May 18 – Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
May 20 – London, The Garage
May 21 – Bristol, Thekla
May 22- Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire
May 23 – Brighton, Patterns
