--- description: Fans of Swedish band John Moose can only listen to this album app from the forest title: This Swedish Band Released Music You Can Only Hear in the Woods image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Swedish Band Released Music You Can Only Hear in the Woods  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 29, 2015 3:18 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 29, 2015 3:18 PM CUT A folk band from Sweden called John Moose pre-released their first album on a mobile app that fans can only listen to from a forest. The group’s website, where the album app can be downloaded for free, offers the following cryptic instructions: “Download the John Moose app and walk to the woods. Only there will the album be available for listening.” In an email to [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/swedish-band-make-album-available-exclusively-in-the-woods-20150528 "undefined") the band explained, “The app uses Google Maps where forests have a specific green color. GPS coordinates are sent from the smartphone to a web service which scans the map through Google Maps Static API and uses a specific algorithm to determine if the user is in the woods ‘enough.'” The band’s drummer Tobias Norén designed the geolocation feature to get listeners to think about nature, because the album is about a man who decides to remove himself from society and live in nature. ### '90s Boy Band Members Then and Now  Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  A. J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Justin Timberlake (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  JC Chasez (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Joey Fatone (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Lance Bass (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Chris Kirkpatrick (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Nick Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Drew Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson (Hanson) Getty Images (2) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/"},"headline":"This Swedish Band Released Music You Can Only Hear in the Woods","datePublished":"2015-05-29T15:18:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:30.482Z","description":"John Moose has specific plans for listeners of their pre-release album app","url":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/","name":"This Swedish Band Released Music You Can Only Hear in the Woods"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why U2 Released a Free Album on iTunes","description":"Bono and crew talk about how the unprecedented deal with Apple on the release of their new album came to light","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RahMaeom/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-17T22:18:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RahMaeom.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/","duration":"PT1M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3901394/john-moose-band-gps-forest-woods/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```