(Geffen, to be precise), remixing for the likes of Lady Gaga, and, finally in 2011, self-releasing their
debut album to rapturous reviews. Framed inside spectacular visuals Voyage arrived as if fully formed, a synth-soaked sonic adventure that aimed for the stars and helped
redefine dance music's relationship to pop. Over five years since the release of that critically-adored debut album – recently listed as one of the best pop debuts of all time by Q magazine – Swedish widescreen
pop practitioners The Sound Of Arrows, aka Stefan Storm and Oskar Gullstrand, are back with Stay Free. Lead by the sumptuous, late-90s-pop-inspired single Beautiful Life – think Pure Shores meets
Play-era Moby meets Bittersweet Symphony - it's an album that builds on the synth-lead elegance of
Voyage, but is more outward-looking, more personal, and more romantic. “We wanted to open the
windows and let in some fresh air on this album,” explains Storm. “It's less conceptual than Voyage and a
little more about us having two feet on the ground and maybe gazing up at the sky, rather than floating up
this time.”