Pallers

Add Date: September 27 

Artist: Pallers 

Album: The Sea of Memories 

Label: Labrador 

Genre: Electropop 

Comments: It can be difficult to keep track of the myriad projects of the Stockholm-based musician Johan Angergård. In addition to running Labrador Records--probably most known to music fans as the home of The Radio Dept.--Angergård is part of Acid House Kings, The Legends and Club 8. And, with the producer Henrik Mårtensson, Angergård works in the duo Pallers, whose full-length debut The Sea of Memories is filled with glorious electronic pop.

This is very well-done Balearic pop; album standout "Humdrum" would flow well in a mix that included Air France or The Tough Alliance. But Pallers also borrows from many other styles; Mårtensson's background is in trip hop and ambient electro, and you'll hear plenty of those genres dribbling into the music. Meanwhile, "Wicked" is a club anthem, with vocals by fellow Swede Elise Zalbo. Also try "Come Rain, Come Sunshine" and "The Kiss".