The idea of the Swedish band Akaba was born from the ashes of two prominent indiebands, Pineforest Crunch and Reminder. At an abandoned shipyard outside of Stockholm amongst torn Mellotrons and stuttering Drummachines the idea of a small mobile musical unit was born. Åsa Carild, Mattias Olsson and Tobias Ljungkvist has since then recorded and released their debut album (The rust within) in Sweden, and toured extensively in Sweden playing everything from Thai restaurants to 600 seat venues (sometimes even in the same night!). The band toured the US Westcoast creating a noticable buzz and built a new fanbase. Their East coast tour included performances at Canadian Music Week (Toronto), the Parkside Lounge (NY), ending with a performance at The great Escape (Brighton, UK) and the Garage (London). The band also performed at CMJ . After Akaba is currently working on a new Album and are releasing the new single Time Is Now in feb 2022.