“I’ve been in bands that really felt like you were creating something new – but you were just another band doing what had already been done”: Blending Tool, Bjork and Black Sabbath helped Swedish psych-proggers stand out from the start

Gaupa 2025.

Swedish psych-stoner-folk proggers Gaupa have gone from five members to four – but the change hasn’t held them back, as new mini-album Fyr demonstrates. The fresh start offers guitarist David Rosberg and bassist Erik Sävström a perfect moment to look back on how far they’ve come.

As Scandinavia continues to excel as a hotbed of musical creativity, Sweden’s Gaupa have staked a claim in recent years as one of the area’s hottest free-thinking exports, and their current release will further cement their place in the progosphere.