Add Date: March 22
Artist: Acid House Kings
Album: Music Sounds Better With You
Label: Labrador
Genre: Indie pop
Comments: Acid House Kings, how we've missed you. The Swedish indie pop powerhouse returns with Music Sounds Better With You, its first studio record since 2005's Sing Along With Acid House Kings. To be fair, band leader Johan Angergard has been plenty busy in the meantime, putting out music with his other projects (namely, Club 8 and The Legends) and running the terrific Labrador imprint--in addition to his bands, it's home to the likes of The Radio Dept., Pelle Carlberg and The Mary Onettes, among others.
But it only takes a few seconds of listening to the new album's opener, "Are We Lovers Or Are We Friends?", to recall how delightful Acid House Kings' music really is. Sweet, catchy melodies; well-crafted songs; airy instrumentation, with guitars, bass, keyboard and drums complemented by the occasional strings, flute or trumpet; and the pop-perfect vocals of Angergard and Julia Lannerheim--it all adds up to another gem of a record. RIYL Belle & Sebastian, The Magnetic Fields and SWEDEN. Start with 1, 3, 7 and 2.
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