A Swedish-born singer and songwriter whose style is rooted in the indie Americana tradition, Christian Kjellvander's songs are marked by his resonant baritone and a poignant, often haunting tone. Also frontman of '90s lo-fi group Loosegoats, Kjellvander's recordings have traversed spare, dark acoustic song, lusher folk-rock, and jangly alt country-rock. His solo debut, 2002's Songs from a Two Room Chapel, was his first in a series of consecutive appearances in Sweden's Top 40 that also included his home-recorded seventh LP, 2016's A Village: Natural Light. His ruminative demeaner persisted on releases such as the more experimental Wild Hxmans (2018) and existential Hold Your Love Still (2023), the latter of which set topics like climate change and classism to brooding folk-rock.