ALPACA SPORTS "Autograph" Digital Single

The single for “Autograph” was planned to be released just a few days before the new ALPACA SPORTS album, “Another Day”. The song is a tribute to the moments when Andreas was waiting with his mom for the team members of Örgryte Idrottssällskap, at Gamla Ullevi, at the end of their games in the 90s. It is especially dedicated to three of the team’s members: Sören Börjesson, Agne Simonsson and Marcus Allbäck. Those idols of his youth, who Andreas wanted to be like when he played in the schoolyard and who made him dream, like we all have, of something greater, full of love and loyalty.

However, this past September 26, Sören Börjesson died at the age of 68. The group decided they should push up the single’s release in his honor. It’s an exciting song, with those echoes of bossa nova and intriciate harmonies that Ian Catt arranged for Andreas, Amanda, Lisle and Cristina Quesada.

Just a few months before his death, Sören Börjesson heard the song and said that he wanted to be in the music video. So, Andreas got to spend a few hours with his idol, playing, dribbling, talking about his team, ÖIS, and about life. About his family, and how proud he was to be able to be in the line up that celebrated the team’s anniversary, and how happy he was to be able to share the field with so many of his idols. About the finals in 1985 when he was team captain and they won the championship for Örgryte, and about Agne Simonsson.

Now it seems like something incredible that they were able to spend that time together, record that material on the beach at the end of August, and see Sören happy, doing his famous footwork. It’s so exciting when we see the football player holding up his signed trading card while the song sings “I wanted to be you”.

Andreas had the chance to go to the memorial that was held at Gamla Ullevi on September 28 as part of the ÖIS – Varberg match, and he had the honor of being able to play the song and the music video before the game started as well as during the half-time. It was a special version of the music video filmed by Jonas Börjesson and made especially for the tribute.

Now, we are bringing you the music video as it was originally planned, along with this digital single which also includes a previously unreleased song, “Better Things To Do”. A duet between Andreas and Amanda, the song perfectly complements the subtlety, sweetness and aura of magic that surrounds this whole release. The beautiful illustration on the single’s cover shows Andreas as a kid wearing ÖIS clothes and is made by the talented Ray Kimura.