This is the most fun I've had listening to an album since the first time I heard In Germany by the Milkshakes back in 1987. This album is everything I think an indie pop album should be. They are taking almost every influence imaginable from pop's past, blending them together, writing solid hooks, cranking up the sound, cranking up the energy and letting go for 11 tracks. It's a lot of fun. They are really all over the place with influences and there is a bit of adjustment as you move from one song to the next, but all are full of energy and solid hooks and so it all works together in an odd way.
This is by far the best album I've heard so far this year and will be going back to this one I know through the rest of the year. If this turns out to be my album of this year, this would be the third year in a row it was a Swedish band that topped my list. I don't understand why the Swedes have such a solid grasp on how to make solid pop music and be experimental at the same time.
There isn't a bad time to play this album.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 4 out of 5 stars for Really Good.
Who were the Swedish bands that topped the list in 2009 and 2010?
ReplyDeleteLast year it was Robyn. The year before that it was Sally Shapiro.
ReplyDeleteGuess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!!!
ReplyDeleteHOST SWEDEN CLAIMS FIFTH PLACE FINISH WITH A 20-18 WIN
ReplyDeleteOVER AUSTRIA AT THE 2010 IFAF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010 - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Sweden claimed fifth place at the inaugural IFAF Women's World Championship with a dramatic 20-18 victory over Austria, who failed to tie the game and force overtime in the dying seconds when a two-point conversion pass attempt fell incomplete.
About IFAF
ReplyDeleteThe International Federation of American Football (IFAF) unites more than 50 countries on five continents through a burgeoning international sport. With national football federations in existence for more than 75 years, IFAF was created in 1998 to organize and further develop the game through international cooperation and global competition. The IFAF office is located near Paris, France. For more information, visit www.ifaf.org.
I wonder if you would've been into Swedish pop in 1975, as well.
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