The Owe Us is the project of Swedish musician Kristoffer Ragnstam, who has recently returned with new single “All on RED.” The song is based on his grandfather’s advice for everything in life was always ”all on red”, given ‘with a big smile all over his face.”
The track is an upbeat energetic blend of jangly pop with a loose ramshackle garage rock energy to it, with vocals that feel like they are pulled from the 50s. In other words its good old smart pop perfection.
Speaking further on the background of the tracks title, Ragnstam adds:
My grandfather miraculously escaped from the Hungarian revolution in 1956. He was a master of the art of living who I never heard complain about anything during his 96 long years. I have vivid memories of him and my grandmother sitting in the kitchen in Gothenburg, smoking hand-rolled cigarettes with a miniature roulette table in the middle of the table. Laughter, the smell of food frying, smoker’s cough and gambling are central parts of my young and many memories in that kitchen.
My grandfather’s advice for everything in life was always ”all on red”, with a big smile all over his face.
When I started producing records, distortion and noise were my camouflage. As I didn’t know any better, it became my sound. All on red got a new meaning, but for me, it was just as much about gambling and having fun. Like in that smoky kitchen, in the early years of life.
Enjoy a listen now below.
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