"that I felt in my bones"
LOCAL HERO is a homage to my upbringing in a small town and how it shaped me. It's also for the people over there, the local heroes who gave me hope and positivity. The idea behind the video was to portray the upsides of my hometown Ronneby. Hopefully it can also inspire other people to discover the upsides of their small towns or communities in bigger cities. The song will be released April 10th via our own label Pony Power. - Dennis
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM -
I grew up in a small misty industrial town by a harbour in southern Sweden with my two brothers and parents. There was always music in the house and it made a lot of impact on me. My mother told me that she used to dance with me in her arms all the time to Mellencamp and Springsteen albums when I was a baby. My father is a blues guitarist and one day he placed a guitar in my room and gave me the advice to start writing my own songs, and so I did. Later on, me and my two brothers formed the indie garage rock bands The Shy Lads and Wonder Coast with a couple of friends, we toured in Europe and released records on labels.
It wasn’t until I was 30 years old that american folk music started to have a bigger impact on me. I just loved how some of them sang straight from the heart with breathtaking lyrics. After several road trips through the U.S., country and folk rock music started sipping through into my own musical style. So I gathered my experiences and influences to make something that felt honest to me.
After the dissolution of my former bands I decided to do something with the new acoustic based songs I had written. It was a solo effort but I still wanted the friendship and the community of a band. That same year I formed what was to become Dennis Hollström & The Ponies. Together with my youngest brother Jonas Hollström, Matilda Hjärtstam, Derry Davey, Kasper Hellström and Johannes Renklint. I’ve always loved to sing my heart out with no restrictions and with the band’s own personal touch it feels like we have something really special.
The lyrics mostly tackles small town life in southern Sweden with it’s characters and romantic dreams of getting out to live the adventurous life on the road. Sort of a self-reflection I guess. /Dennis
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