Following a successful tour and critical acclaim from their album "Steal My Horses And Run" in the U.S., Stockholm's Blackstrap, have shown to Scandinavia that they are a band to watch. With the band spending much of the last few years in Sweden quietly harnessing their songs, sound and live show, a focus toward U.S. reception has paid off.

With U.S. press exclaiming "Good stuff, really good—maybe one of the best of the more recent wave of shoegaze bands like Serena Maneesh, Amusement Parks On Fire and A Place To Bury Strangers" (Paper Thin Walls), and "Gorgeous, Memorable and just a pleasure to listen to, Blackstrap has found a winning combination on Steal My Horses And Run that takes the best of their influences and creates something unique" (Outburn ) the excitement for Blackstrap has just seem to have just started despite their 6 year history. The U.S. tour dates with the backing of their U.S. Label TEE PEE RECORDS (BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, ENTRANCE, THE WARLOCKS) put Blackstrap in front of excited audiences welcoming their blend of psychedelic-shoegaze pop rock, playing such acts as THE VON BONDIES, ASOBI SEKSU, and THE LITTLE ONES.

BLACKSTRAP's core sound is in the dynamic duo of singer-guitarist Jonathan Westh and singer-keyboardist Maria Linden, completed with drummer David Karlsson, guitarist Patrick Alversson and bassist Filiph Antonsson. Blending their love for tripped out bands like SUICIDE, SPIRITUALIZED, SPACEMEN 3, and NEU! and the 3 minute pop song, its no wonder radio in Sweden, U.K. and U.S. have all supported the band. The band is now working on their 3rd album, recording initial tracks in Oslo, Norway, with various U.S producers slated to mix the end result.