Birch and Meadow was formed 2012 and consists of David Wenngren and Sara Forslund. Sara comes from a singer/songwriter tradition while David have made several albums under various monikers. He’s most known for his experimental neo-classical project Library Tapes.

Their first album together is called Butterflies and Graves. It mixes Sara’s mistful voice and melodies with David’s dense and melancholic sounds-capes

Birch And Meadow - Black Birds

Guitar and vocals; Sara Forslund
Harp; Lárus Sigurðsson
Mixed by John Wood
Mastered by Simon Hayworth
Recorded aug 2016

This Road

Title track for Summer is like a swallow.

Vocals and guitar; Sara Forslund
Organ and vocals - Gustaf Spetz

KAIP 2018

Summer is like a swallow

Vocals – Sara Forslund
Guitar – Christian Massana
Piano, cello and vocals – Gustaf Spetz
Drone – Lárus sigurðsson

Seagull

Vocals – Sara Forslund
Guitar – Christian Massana
Piano, drums, synth, electric guitar,
Vox organ and soundscape- Johan Eckeborn
Baritone guitar and tom toms – David Lillberg

Summer is like swallow

Hard

Sara Forslund is a singer-songwriter and producer from Stockholm, Sweden. Her latest album "Summer is like a swallow" was released in november 2018 (KAIP) www.saraforslund.net

Summer is like a swallow on Bandcamp;
https://saraforslund.bandcamp.com/album/summer-is-like-a-swallow

» A voice that makes you want to close your eyes and lay motionless « 
– NPR Music (USA)

» An amazing songwriter « 
– BBC Radio Ulster (UK)

»A feminine extention of Sufjan Stevens melancholic eloquence« Magic Revue Pop moderne (FR)

»She delivers a richly detailed but sober album which is really of a crippling beauty« Da Subjectivisten (NL)

»An artist outside the box, who can be said to have developed her own personal formula of shadowy modern folk« Music wont save you (IT) ALBUM OF THE WEEK

»Forslund seems to take the listener with every track on a journey through a dreamy world« HIFI (NL) HIFI gives Summer is like a swallow 9½ out of 10

»An emotional sound carpet that certainly gets under the skin« Gezeitenstrom (DE)

» With her new album ‘Summer is like a swallow’ Sara has maintained her unique blend of deceptive simplicity and intimacy « 
– John Wood (known for his work with Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, John Martyn and many more)

» There is something really reassuring about her songwriting« 
– Nordic Music Review –

Butterflies and graves on Bandcamp:
https://saraforslund.bandcamp.com/album/butterflies-and-graves

Poems of despair on Bandcamp:
https://stormsl.bandcamp.com/album/poems-of-despair

Water became wild deluxeversion (limited edition);
http://timereleasedsound.com/time-released-sound/sara-forslund-water-became-wild/

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