Strand Child
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DE Berlin – Alternative Rock / Indiepop / Dream Pop / Indie / Guitar pop
Strand Child
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Strand Child
Ab67616d0000b273ae7ba77c012be5cc7e9a63b0 Momentum Single 2020
Ab67616d0000b2735ca9e0e890b15dc9b4d66025 Fake It Single 2020
Ab67616d0000b2733962e4f64602cb8a236ae650 Ola Single 2020
Ab67616d0000b273ccf04a9257148e0f18ba37b2 Misterio Single 2017
Ab67616d0000b273722c2bc33b2bd4701823d2f7 Souljelly Single 2016
Späti Palace
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Misterio Single Single 2017
Ab67616d0000b2734b9d458521cc9d87a6736798 Strand Child / Celsius Panda Single 2016
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Split EP Celsius Panda / Strand Child EP 2016
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Ab67616d0000b27329231bf75e50a62d9ae92d4a Vampires Single 2021
Ab67616d0000b273c034b04ea9a94c634d95cb4d Bad Hand Single 2020
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Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Souljelly EP 2016
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Not quite able to shake their blues on a sunny day, in the same lane as fellow beach rockers Girls and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Strand Child make it their mission to graft joy onto melancholy, soundtracking our everyday struggles to stay afloat.

A darker undercurrent in the music hints at the clear anguish of second wave emo bands like Texas Is The Reason. They strike a balance between both inspirations with their brand new EP “Ola”. A pun on the Spanish greeting for “Hi!” and the Spanish word for “Wave”, the four songs guide the listener through a musical tunnel of depression and towards the process of healing.
It’s the kind of music you can imagine playing on a spring break beach day when your high school sweetheart has just broken up with you, but the sound of the waves reassure you: everything will be alright, with time.
The combination of sunny beach days and snowy winters is something that Strand Child knows all too well: Mario Quezada and Hilding Karlsson both come from distinct backgrounds. Mario from the sunny island of Dominican Republic and Hilding from the cold yet cozy suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden.
Added to the mix are the driving drums of Christoph Thun who grew up in Warsaw, Poland and the punchy bass of Eva Sterk, a German native who has called Berlin home for years.
“My regrets pile up like laundry” sings Quezada on first single “Momentum”, while being carried by an ocean of blissed-out guitars conjured up by Hilding and a pulsing rhythm section provided by Eva and Christoph. The song then culminates with the line “think I finally made it home” with the journey now complete, lessons learned and hopeful tone in place.
With a clear plan to create catchy hooks and chill vibes, the four-piece recorded “Ola” in their practice room, housed in a gritty building in the former East-Berlin suburb Marzahn.
Like the day your best friend gets eaten by a shark, like a desert island with a single palm tree, or crying while eating an ice cream cone on the boardwalk, “Ola” is both sunny and sad.