In May 2025, Peter, Bjorn and John put on a rocking show at ZeyZey where they performed the entirety of their classic 2006 record Writer’s Block. This Sunday, October 25 the Swedish indie rock band are back at the same venue.  If you went to their show last year, you’ll certainly want to return to the scene of the crime. And if you missed it this will be your chance to catch up. Before the big gig Peter, Bjorn and John frontman Peter Morén hopped on The Jitney to answer our questions.

When did you first fall in love with music?

Peter Morén: We all grew up in similar settings. Small villages and towns in the middle of nowhere up north in rural Sweden. Music all became our thing from an early age and in the 80’s there wasn’t much to distract, so we became focused. Our tastes were quite different though and maybe still are. My first love was 50’s rock’n’roll and 60’s pop, rock, folk and soul and I think that still shows in how I write. What united us later was 90’s indie rock of different flavors.

⁠How did Peter, Bjorn and John first join forces?

Me and Bjorn met in high school at 15-16 and had some other bands for a few years. This was in a smaller town. When we moved to Stockholm we auditioned different drummers and finally found John, which was the magic ingredient. 3 is a magic number.

⁠Can you describe what the Stockholm rock scene was like that you came out of?

There was a Stockholm indie scene in the early 00’s that we were certainly a part of with bands like Shout Out Louds, The Concretes, First Floor Power and others we hung out with and played shows with. But I think the reason we started a band and it felt a natural thing to do was even more the Swedish indie scene of the 90’s with the slightly older bands we looked up to that paved the way. Like Eggstone, Bob Hund, Popsicle, Bear Quartet. The Cardigans as well though they were our age, just super young when they started.

⁠How has the band evolved over your 25+ years?

You obviously evolve as humans so that reflects on how you write and perform too. At the same time there is a certain unique chemistry to this particular band that will stay at the center of what’s going on around us. One thing is that we’ve always tried to move on and make the next album different to the one before. For better and sometimes worse.

⁠I saw you play in Miami last year where you played all of Writer’s Block. What’s the secret as a band to keep older songs fresh when you play them live?

These last tours celebrating Writers Block in full have made us appreciate the album anew and I think the songs we always play anyway shine more in the context of its homebase. Some songs we change up a lot and they sound different every night. Others we try to have stay closer to the album version, more than we used to which also keeps its fresh, cause it’s a challenge. Songs are bound to change the longer you keep playing them so it’s everchanging and ever fun.

What can Miami fans expect from your October 25 show?

Energy, melody, some jams and spur of the moment shenanigans. Hopefully a great show. We’ll make sure to play some songs we missed out on last time. Its still the same Writers Block anniversary tour though so we’ll play that for sure.