Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends – Bells of Silver

I get older and childhood keeps coming back. Sometimes uninvited, but always welcome in the end. I live inside music anyway, so I take it like a song I thought I forgot. Now I watch my kids moving through their own stories, and somewhere in between, my own past starts telling its own story. In all this perpetual circus, Bells of Silver by Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends comes like a form of approval.

From Redmoon to a wider sky

Alien Friends has an interesting history behind him. In another life, he played guitar and sang in the Swedish band Redmoon. These days, the project stands on its own legs, stretching across a run of singles, a double album, and now a new chapter forming around The King and the Sparrow, scheduled for May 2026.

There’s a real craft behind it too. David Myhr steps in with backing vocals and co-production, bringing that soft, sunlit harmony I always fall for, while Andreas Quincy Dahlbäck drives the rhythm on drums. The whole thing falls into elements of power pop, folk and indie rock, with traces of the sixties and seventies, and suddenly I’m back in my own early days.

Bells of Silver and the weight of memory

Bells of Silver will be part of the upcoming album, and it feels personal. Alien Friends describes it as a nod to his children and grandchildren, but the lyrics open doors into his own childhood as well. I love that line about preachers with flapping speeches and teachers with nothing to teach – it’s got a bit of bite.

What I like here is how the song walks a straight line between warmth and warning. You hear reflections on life, a few sharp observations about people who speak loudly and say nothing, and then a return to something simple: keep singing, keep the heart open, keep love written down somewhere. There’s even a Swedish version released earlier, closely tied in spirit, actually reshaped rather than translated.

A Call Back with Bells of Silver

Bells of Silver is a song about family, memories, and the things we pass on without even realising. Maybe that’s enough. Maybe that’s everything. If you’ve lived a little, it will find you. Give it a listen and let it unfold its own story. Then check Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends on Instagram, Facebook, or Spotify, and see what else it brings back.

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