Vero
- bizzarre
- Mar 3
- 3 min read
Vero share new single 'Dumb It', taken from new album Razor Tongue, out March 20th on PNKSLM Recordings.
Stockholm trio Vero are back later this month with their second full-length, Razor Tongue, arriving March 20th on PNKSLM Recordings. A record that thrives on urgency, Razor Tongue is marked by a philsophy of no re-takes, no second-guessing - just pedal-to-the-floor intensity.
Following their acclaimed debut 2022 LP Unsoothing Interior which earned praise from the likes of, KEXP and International media outlets, Razor Tongue drives into rougher, rawer territory. The result is wiry alt-rock with punk edges, choruses that detonate, and lyrics about obsession, loneliness, and fragile declarations of love.
Today, the band share the final pre-release single ahead of the album's arrival with the wiry, barreling alt-rock of 'Dumb It', a righteous maelstrom that finds the Swedish trio at the peak of their rabble-rousing powers, available now.
Of the track, the band offer:
"'Dumb It' is chaotic, in the best way. Every time we play this live we just laugh cause it’s so intense. It’s a classic Vero song; it sounds like driving a car super fast while being angry as hell."
For those looking to experience the intensity in the flesh, Vero have just announced their debut UK live appearance for March 26th at The Shacklewell Arms in London, alongside label mates ShitKid and vegas water taxi, as well as an appearance at Tallinn Music Week in Estonia with more live dates to follow.
'Dumb It' follows previous Razor Tongue singles, 'Dead Train', 'Calico' and '100 Calls' which was picked by NPR's All Songs Considered as one of the best tracks of the week of release and finds the band at their "most chill yet" (according to themselves).
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 and we wanted to create it as fast as possible, so that you could hear it in the songs.”
the band says,
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 four-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 recognisable, 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 the ever-restless indie label PNKSLM Recordings, Razor Tongue is the sound of Vero not just surviving, but claiming their own ground—louder, faster, sharper.
Photo by Samuel Friberg
Tour Dates
Mar 19th | Stockholm, SE - Riche
Mar 26th | London, UK - The Shacklewell Arms
Apr 9th-12th | Tallinn, EE - Tallinn Music Week
Apr 18th | Stockholm, SE - Debaser w/ Girl Scout
May 9th | Stockholm, SE - Slaktkyrkan
