Withits title wholly apposite, Holding On To A Dream is the culmination of many years toiling in the shadows as a session musician for Swedish multi-instrumentalist Joel Wästberg.
His second full-lengthalbum, released through Memphis Industries, is a more confident, fully realised follow-up to 2017’s Digging A Tunnel, the record that saw him finally fulfil his ambition of stepping out from the sideman fringes to make his own solo album. Self-produced, and recorded in his own studio on the outskirts of Gothenburg, its shimmering electro-pop motifs are inspired by jazz saxophonist Wästberg’s love of classic soul and old-school hip-hop records, while Little Dragon make a guest appearance on lead single Deployed.