This Swedish quintet has put together an album that can best be described by the following run on sentence. Upp I Det Blå contains dreamy trance like music driven by an infectious beat, soft vocals and accentuated by melodic guitars, various synth samples and an omnipresent bass to give each song a unique feel and sound. Fans of today's EMO sub genre of music and the 80's English romantic sound will find this disc quite satisfying and even more if they speak Swedish.
Despite the language barrier for this reviewer (I don't do Swedish, though it sounds nice) this CD is a nice change from anything being done on this side of the Atlantic. The next time you're in a Stockholm record shop give this a listen to, it won't be a waste of your time.
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