After many years working as musicians in other people’s bands, Tomas Juto and Oskar Hovell decided to commence a project where the creative decisions were their own. The duo escaped to a lodge in the woods to begin work on new material and emerged from isolation as ‘Billy Momo’, the name they lovingly gave to ‘a common alter ego, an illusion of their own, a sort of pet ghost’ they discovered there. This resulted in the debut album "Ordinary Men", released through Hype Music and MTV Networks in 2013.
Since their inception in the woods, the collective has grown substantially, now consisting of seven members in total. Tomas and Oskar found their fellow musicians close to home. They recruited Andreas Prybil and Mårten Forssman from the album’s spiritual home: the speakeasy Tomas used to run. The rest of the group consists of Tomas’ relatives, including his brother-in-law Oscar Harryson, the head and chief engineer of Soundhabits Studios, Stockholm, where ‘Drunktalk’, their upcoming album was recorded and produced.
The LP’s two singles exhibit vastly different personas of the band, showcasing an album that is dark, humorous, and at times profound- from the elegant, graceful, orchestral movements of first release ‘I’ve Got You’, to the debauched title track ‘Drunktalk’, the ensemble retains a charm throughout that led Absolute Noise to deem the material ‘the kind of music Beck could have done at the beginning of his career.’
Their second album, "Drunktalk", with not only the two critically acclaimed singles "I´ve Got You" and "Drunktalk", but also the music from the trailer for "Breaking Bad" prequel, "Better call Saul"; the track "Wishing Ain't No Sin", is set to release on February 2, 2015.