Love Is All

Add Date: March 23

Artist: Love Is All

Album: Two Thousand and Ten Injuries

Label: Polyvinyl

Genre: Rock, post-punk, indie pop

Comments: What a big leap forward for a band that was already pretty good: On Two Thousand and Ten Injuries, the Swedish quintet Love Is All take the New Wave vs. post-punk sound that they came close to perfecting on Nine Times That Same Song and A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night, and turn it into a brilliant pop record. Their new label, Polyvinyl (Aloha, of Montreal, Architecture in Helsinki), says: "Highlights of the 12-track set include the art punk urgency of 'Bigger, Bolder,' the lilting pop of 'Never Now,' the Slits-like reggae of 'False Pretense' and the classic punk rallying cry found in 'Dust.' All told, Two Thousand successfully manages to be Love Is All's most adventurous, and dare we say, accessible, album yet."

Agreed on all counts. I also really like the funky bass line of "A Side in a Bed" and the post-punk furor of "Less Than Thrilled." And why does "Take Your Time" make me think that I'm at a really hip wedding?