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Liv (band)

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Origin
  
Sweden, United States

Years active
  
2015-present

Active from
  
2016

Genre
  
Indie pop

Genres
  
Indie pop

Labels
  
Ingrid

Record label
  
INGRID

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Associated acts
  
Lykke Li Peter Bjorn and John Miike Snow Bloodshy & Avant

Members
  
Lykke Li, Andrew Wyatt, Björn Yttling, Jeff Bhasker, Pontus Winnberg

Similar
  
Peter Bjorn and John, Miike Snow, Jasbir Jassi, Pablo Nouvelle, Gorgon City

Liv (pronounced "liv") is a Swedish/American supergroup consisting of artists Lykke Li, Andrew Wyatt and Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, and producer Jeff Bhasker formed in 2016. Liv is the Swedish word for "life". The band first appeared in April 2016 at a private party in Los Angeles. Lykke Li described the band as “the love child of ABBA and Fleetwood Mac.”. The band made their second appearance at the Spotify Symposium conference in Stockholm, Sweden on June 10, 2016.

All the band members are also part of Swedish artist collective Ingrid, which they spearheaded in 2012. On September 30, 2016 the band released their debut single "Wings of Love" on Spotify. The video for the song was uploaded on YouTube on October 12, 2016. The band released a second song, "Dream Awake" on November 11, 2016.

References

Liv (band) Wikipedia