'Brothers Martin and Erik Aamot formed the Electric Pop Group in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2005. Formulating a shambly, jangly, supremely laid-back sound that nodded to old-school twee pop groups like the Field Mice and the Orchids, the duo's self-titled debut was released in the winter of 2006. Jimmi Thunholm and Gustaf Murman were brought into the fold soon after in order to round out the group's live sound. The Electric Pop Group were snapped up by Matinee soon after the band's first album emerged, and th...   [ read more ]

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'The Electric Pop Group's sound is probably best defined by what it is not. It isn't brash. It isn't boisterous. You might even go so far as to say that it isn't extroverted, either, or petty, or impolite. Just in terms of texture, you could probably say it isn't lumpy, either. This is, above all, extremely comfortable music, the kind of jangly indie pop rooted in core influences like the Field Mice and the Orchids. Sunrise is the Electric Pop Group's sophomore release following their self-released 2006 d...   [ read more ]

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Drawing comparisons to Belle and Sebastian (but dirtier) and Neutral Milk Hotel (but poppier), the group really rides under the banner of the famed "Big Music" movement of the mid-80s that birthed such legendary pop groups as Big Country, World Party, and the Waterboys. This debut CD features a full-color, 12-page booklet with lyrics and illustrations by Carson Ellis.

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