Uppsala, Sweden – Northern Trails releases their second single of the spring, “Me and My Gold,” available now on all major streaming platforms via Tintonic Music. The track serves as another powerful preview of the band’s upcoming EP, scheduled for release this summer.
“Me and My Gold” is a song about longing for change while gripping the patterns you can’t quite bring yourself to break. It is an indie rock anthem with a vocal delivery that pays respect to Rufus Wainwright’s unguarded emotionalism. The song has been closing the band’s live sets all year, consistently earning encores from audiences across Sweden.
Northern Trails make warm, melody-first guitar pop that feels like it was always there — somewhere between the emotional depth of R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People, the sweeping melodic instincts of Keane, and the quiet grandeur of early Coldplay. Rooted in the 90s indie tradition, they make music for people who still believe in the power of a well-written song.
The band came together in Uppsala, Sweden in May 2022, when Christer Tinnerholm and Thomas Isberg decided it was time to spend a little less time on ultra running and a little more on pop music. Joined by Per Larsson and Ulf Eklund, they recorded Hearts Went Frozen EP and released it late 2023. Thomas Strömbom heard the single “AQ” on Swedish radio and asked if the band needed a keyboard player. Northern Trails has performed as a quintet ever since.
Since then the band has built a steady catalogue of singles and a growing reputation on the Swedish live circuit. In spring/summer 2026 they return with a run of new singles and a new EP.
