Ludwig Hart, who over two albums has established himself as our foremost innovator of classic American road rock aesthetics, has throughout 2024 released songs with a sound that is even bigger than on the artist’s breakthrough album, 2021’s “Paloma”. The song “Less I Try” has been in constant radio rotation in Sweden, Germany and the UK, and Hart has had time to appear on national TV, embark on a major tour with two successful gigs at The Great Escape in Brighton and spend a summer playing the biggest Swedish festival stages.

On his third album “Stay Young” – released on September 27 via Argle Bargle Studios – Hart showcases an increasing freedom to genre and style. From reflective, stripped-down tracks like “Ghost of You” and the title track, we’re taken through the reverb-drenched garage boogie of “Run Run” to the big chorus wind-in-the-hair rock of single favorites like “Less I Try” and “Journey.”

The album is constantly in dialog with its title – it feels young, hopeful and alive. The songwriting is focused all the way through not losing any of the brilliant musicianship and live feeling that has characterized Hart’s recordings throughout his career. We get the trademark guitars, the driving drums and the big choruses, but also production details that are as delicate as they are grand, indicating that Hart is entering a new era where his music feels more contemporary than ever.