The North American debut for Stockholm, Sweden trio Peter Bjorn And John, on Hidden Agenda Records. Falling Out is a assemblage of ingenious pop songs, cleverly recorded and masterfully arranged, sounds drawn from the simple (the Speak & Spell talking toy that opens the album) to the symphonic (tidy string arrangements). Think early Squeeze and The Jam and several decades worth of British Invasion, Canadian popsmiths A.C. Newman and Joel Plaskett, and the euphoric rush of The Shins. 10 songs about fallin...   [ read more ]

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The new project from Victoria Bergsman (former vocalist for The Concretes). You may also recognize her from one of the most popular singles of last year - Peter, Bjorn and John's infectious "Young Folks". Her solo debut was aided and abetted by fellow Peter, Bjorn and John cohorts Bjorn Yttling on various instruments and string arrangements, and John Eriksson on all percussion, marimba, and vibraphone. Other contributors include Andreas Soderstrom on guitar and Verity Susman (Electrelane) who provided pian...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Holiday For Strings is the alliance of five Swedish and French madmen including John Eriksson (who also plays in Peter, Bjorn and John). With their new EP Two Of You the band has taken a dancey, poppy approach to songwriting while maintaining a completely original and left field sound. It's a vibe that sounds like an updated version of Joy Divison's classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

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