Five Minutes With: Folk-Rock Band Fuses

Born out of a long-distance correspondence, Fuses’ songs are signals in search of a connection across distances that span oceans. Drawing inspiration from 60s folk rock and classic country, Fuses paint a sound picture that connects the Swedish urskog with the Canadian muskeg, the aching heart with the broken-down engine.

Drummer and bassist Moa-Linn Rösenlof (Orkan, Spela Död) first met guitarist Craig Fahner when his Toronto-based group Motorists played in Gothenburg in 2024. Since then, they’ve been writing and recording a suite of songs steeped in lush vocal harmonies and reverb-soaked steel guitar, creating a sound that is both timeless and uncommon, at once melancholic and hopeful.

Fuses

Name:

Fuses

Genre:

Folk Rock

Founded:

2024

# of Albums:

1

Latest Album:

Sawdust in the Transmission (Debut album came out June 26th)

Latest Single:

Aniline

Latest Video:

Favourite musician growing up:

Moa-Linn: Green Day
Craig: The Beatles

Favourite musician now:

M-L: November
C: The Beatles

Guilty pleasure song:

M-L: any Abba song after 1 am
C: I once listened to Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs 80 times in one day. I’m not guilty about it though.

Live show ritual:

We always try to sit down for a nice meal the day of the show. If we are in Toronto, that meal is usually at Ari’s Place.

Favourite local musician:

Toronto: Roy
Gothenburg: Givana

EP or LP?

LP! Love listening to a whole album

Early bird or night owl?

Night owls

Road or studio?

Impossible to answer!

Any shows or albums coming up?

We’ll be in Toronto soon for a release show later in the summer.

Where can we follow you?

Instagram | Linktree

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Rapid Fire Local Questions:

What is your favourite local restaurant?

Toronto: The Gemini
Gothenburg: Hängmattan

What is your favourite street in your city and why?

Toronto: Sterling Road because it smells like chocolate
Gothenburg: Karl Johansgatan because it has almost all our favourite Gothenburg venues and restaurants on it (Hängmattan, Fyrens, Diket).

What is your favourite park in your city and why?

Toronto: Trinity Bellwoods because it has many good dogs
Gothenburg: Välens Naturreservat because it has long-haired cows

What is your favourite music venue in your city?

Toronto: Low Bar
Gothenburg: Hängmattan

What is your favourite music store in your city?

Toronto: Paul’s Boutique
Gothenburg: Musik utan gränser

 

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Emilea Semancik was born in North Vancouver. Emilea has always always wanted to freelance her own pieces and currently writes for the Vancouver Guardian. She is also a recipe author working towards publishing her own series of recipe books. You can find her recipes on Instagram. @ancestral.foods