Blues Pills had just begun recording their fourth album when singer Elin Larsson discovered she was pregnant. “We’d just come back from tour with [Australian rockers] Airbourne,” Larsson recalls with a laugh, speaking to Classic Rock alongside Blues Pills’ guitarist Zach Anderson. “I thought that was hilarious: we come back from that tour, and I’m pregnant. Thankfully my son looks like my husband – he didn’t come out with an Australian accent!”
It was a turning point for the Swedish rockers. Larsson, determined to finish the album, continued to record vocals for what would become Birthday right up until her ninth month of pregnancy. “It was harder to sing,” she says. “Your lungs are sort of pushed away from your stomach. But it turned out great. I think it added more flavour to it. I’m super proud that I could finish it.”
