Remission is a new band from Sweden, playing pop/rock. It's the sort of music to play on a hot summer evening, as it's quite happy, friendly music. Don't expect anything heavy or uptempo. The friendliness of the music is achieved by happy melodies and easy to sing along to choruses, as in the song His Call. Besides guitar, bass and drums there are keyboards, giving the songs more body. The songs are made even poppier with the other guys singing along with vocalist Samuel Haglund. Some of the material rocks more than the rest of the album. The title track is one of the rockier songs. It's definitely the keyboards that add to the atmosphere of this particular song. The happy sort of music doesn't always fit the lyrics. On That Hill is a song that screams for something more remorseful. Yet the music sounds too nice and catchy to complain for long. Including You is a fair start for a young and still developing band. Not all songs convince me, but the title track and On That Hill do. Let the summer start!
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