After releasing his “SAYS HI” EP in June, swedish producer ’sir Was’ put finishing touches on his debut album “DIGGING A TUNNEL”. Out via City Slang on March 10th 2017.

“It took me 15 years to feel brave enough to do this!” confesses Gothenburg native Joel Wästberg, the guy behind the ‘sir Was’ alias. “To reach the point where I could let myself do this was a long struggle. But once I felt less scared, it was kind of easy. It just came out, like: ‘This is the sound!’” The sir Was “sound” is built around supple grooves, is strangely haunting and yet inexplicably exhilarating, voices ricocheting off one another as they address loneliness, its solution and the requisite compromises. A jam session of Beck, David Crosby, J Dilla and D’Angelo might not sound much different to this yet unheard style. The unorthodox and exceptional approach of the recluse Swedish producer delivers one of the most exciting debut records of the spring.

“Blending Tame Impala-reminiscent vocals like a beam of light with playful yet melancholy electronic production” STEREOGUM

“Joel Wästberg’s sir Was project is the meeting point between jazz, old school hip hop, and electronica; the Swede blurs boundaries in the most insouciant of fashions, (…) refreshing and reassuring.” LINE OF BEST FIT

“The Gothenburg producer’s debut EP wanders through new worlds and takes stock of the beauty around it.” NOISEY

“This is good” VINYL ME PLEASE