Peter Bjorn and John

This week you can stream our 2016 show from the SchwulenZentrum (SchwuZ) club in Berlin for free! The episode also includes interviews. Go to ALL ARTS and watch it:

We are very excited to soon play the states again starting in Philly this Wednesday! With us, on all the club dates on this run we have the singular talent Jon Searles, aka Jonathan Something, which will be a delight. So get ready for some "Outlandish Poetica" folks! #darkerdaystour

"Darker Days is ambitious, often captivating, and yes, dark. It may be the least uplifting album the group have made, but it’s also among their best." Well thank you The Indiecator!! #darkerdays

Take a look into parts of Peters record collection and what he looks forward to in the new releases this year in this fun feature with hmv

What are your top picks today? #recordstoreday

We can't escape light? No maybe it's hard with so much love and good reviews coming our way! Thank u Tinnitist! #darkerdays

The song ”Bones” is a hardcore heartbreak-song with a twist. I wrote it back in 2014 and I wanted to write a lyric that takes a sudden turn in the end of the chorus. The idea for the song came when I heard a woman saying “I could break all the bones in my body” to a friend just as I walked past them. I don’t know if she was talking about the poor snow clearing of the streets of Stockholm or something else but it was the perfect start of a chorus. The first arrangement sounded like some kind of broken r and b. I can tell you, it sounded extremely cool. Really. But, it sort of ruined the lyric completely. So I started over and did this fragile arrangement based on a plucked acoustic guitar. This song was actually on the table during the making of the “Breakin Point” album and one of the artwork-ideas for that album was believe it or not, three broken bones. But we ended up saving the artwork (and this song) for the Darker Days-release. All the best and be kind to each other J -- Listen to our new EP "EPBJ" here: https://INGRID.lnk.to/PBJ_EPBJ #epbj #darkerdays

Video premiere! 🚨 This time it's the premiere for the "Bones" video at KEXP. Curious? We know you are. #epbj #darkerdays

North America! We're super happy to bring back the #darkerdaystour to the states and Canada and play some places we didn't get 'round to on the last run!! See u soon. Can't wait!! ⁣ ⁣ Some dates are close to sold out so get your tickets now at www.peterbjornandjohn.com 💀💀💀

NEW VIDEO! "Saying Goodbye" is a little timpani & mandolin-driven ditty by Peter regarding how moving on and giving up a suffocating situation might lead to something new and (maybe) blooming. The track carries a spooky foreboding darkness, which is underscored by the hefty usage of the Atlantis-studios echo chamber and also its pump organ. There are also acoustic guitars. In fact, it's that rare thing, an all acoustic track performed all live, and it's all the better for it we think, dramatic and dynamic. See also if you can spot the references to Leonard Cohen and Mötley Crüe. Listen to our new EP "EPBJ" here: https://INGRID.lnk.to/PBJ_EPBJ #epbj #darkerdays

NEW VIDEO! "Saying Goodbye" is a little timpani & mandolin-driven ditty by Peter regarding how moving on and giving up a suffocating situation might lead to something new and (maybe) blooming. The track carries a spooky foreboding darkness, which is underscored by the hefty usage of the Atlantis-studios echo chamber and also its pump organ. There are also acoustic guitars. In fact, it's that rare thing, an all acoustic track performed all live, and it's all the better for it we think, dramatic and dynamic. See also if you can spot the references to Leonard Cohen and Mötley Crüe. Listen to our new EP "EPBJ" here: https://INGRID.lnk.to/PBJ_EPBJ #epbj #darkerdays

VIDEO PREMIERE (again)!! 🚨 Don't miss KUTX 98.9 premiering the ”Saying Goodbye” video. Head over to their page now and watch it... #darkerdays #epbj #kutx

NEW VIDEO! The chorus lyrics on “Darker Days” are inspired by the dark winter in Sweden (we actually call it the half year of winter, so you def know it’s long too). Features are: dark in the morning, dark when you come home, dark when you go to bed. White beautiful snow and freezing cold temperatures. So you might as well stay in and dream about other things. Sometimes it feels like the dreaming will go on forever… Listen to our new EP "EPBJ" here: https://INGRID.lnk.to/PBJ_EPBJ

NEW VIDEO! The chorus lyrics on “Darker Days” are inspired by the dark winter in Sweden (we actually call it the half year of winter, so you def know it’s long too). Features are: dark in the morning, dark when you come home, dark when you go to bed. White beautiful snow and freezing cold temperatures. So you might as well stay in and dream about other things. Sometimes it feels like the dreaming will go on forever… Listen to our new EP "EPBJ" here: https://INGRID.lnk.to/PBJ_EPBJ

Eight years ago on this day our album "Gimme Some" was released. Crazy how fast time goes by. The artwork is designed by Jonas Torvestig, and some of his original artwork is currently displayed at café Kaffebar in Stockholm. What's your favorite track from the album? #gimmesome #onthisday

VIDEO PREMIERE! 🚨 WXPN's The Key is premiering the video for "Darker Days" right now. Head over to their page right away and let us know what you think about the video...

"Darker Days is ambitious, often captivating, and yes, dark. It may be the least uplifting album the group have made, but it’s also among their best." Well thank you The Indiecator! #darkerdays

Thank u Kino Šiška & #Ljubljana, that was GREAT!!! #darkerdaystour

"a powerful and moving collection of ideas" says Mystic Sons and thinks we "continue their form on new EP" Well thanks!! A sweet review. #epbj

Just before our great evening on stage at Whelan's in #Dublin (what an amazing audience!!) we caught up backstage with the show About Last Night (episode 24) from Irish Media Network and talked about #darkerdays and whatnot! Thanks for a great chat!! Watch here!! #darkerdayspromo

"their most accomplished and expansive body of work to date." yay!!! Thanks Stereoboard #darkerdays

More live reviews from the London show! "a set that made all that previously wrote them off as a one-trick pony completely change their way of thinking", says GIGsoup. And continues: "years of experience so clear and so tangible" and that "the crowd in North London was treated to a real party atmosphere" and finishes "There is lucidity to their performance: they are lovers of their craft and they are lovers of an adoring crowd." Wow!! Read their whole adoring text over at GigSoup. They sure enjoyed our show in #London recently on the #darkerdaystour, and we are grateful!

"A Tuesday more like a Friday night." Well indeed. Firing on all cylinders in #London recently and The Upcoming got caught in our enduring "dazzling light". Well... thanks!! 😀 Some really nice pictures too! #darkerdaystour

Yes it's true... our show in #Manchester wasn't packed, but the people there were TRUE fans, and we tried to give them the show of our lives. Well, we try to every night really... And God Is In The TV Zine. REALLY appreciated it, or so it seems. "masterful", "top of their game", "epic", "they don't waste a single note", "master class of extemporization, "full-bloodied show" etc. And they say Peter "leaps up and down more frequently than Cristiano Ronaldo does in a training session, but that isn’t anywhere near as spectacular as the musicianship." Etc etc... Well thank you so very much, it warms!! #darkerdaystour

We got a bit carried away at The Garage last week, thank you Londoners!! Keep on tagging us on your photos and videos from our shows, we watch everything. #darkerdaystour