By Mike Madavi
Liechtenstein
“Roses In The Park” (mp3)
from “Survival Strategies In A Modern World”
(Slumberland)
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Release Date: 6/9/09
UPC: 749846209627
Territories: Americas
Sweden’s latest indie post-punk export, Lichtenstein, has announced their first full length LP entitled Survival Strategies in a Modern World will be available this June. The all girl three piece has created much hype in their homeland over their 7’’ singles 2007′s Stalking Skills and last year’s Apathy and are slowly but surely gaining a fan base here in the states. Destined to be played in vintage clothing stores everywhere, your little sister will love it. Their full length features charming songs filled with interweaving vocal harmonies, bass hooks, and post punk jangle and reverb for their guitars. A Slumberland record, Survival Strategies will be released in conjunction with the band’s hometown label, Gothenburg’s Fraction Discs.
They sit somewhere between the Pipettes and the Detroit Cobras or Delta Spirit; often the counter melodies in the background harmonies form a duality with the main hooks, creating a sort of bittersweet mood, half dark and mysterious, half young and joyful. “Postcard” sounds like the title song for a 90’s teen comedy (think Letters to Cleo’s prominent part in Ten Things I Hate About You). “Roses in the park” has a Neko-like sweetness to it. For a darker selection, check out “Refelctions.” The Album concludes with the haunting and whimsical acoustic and appropriately titled “The End” (McCartney gonna’ sue a foo!). The girls manage to create a distinct sound amidst the emerging Swedish indie-rock juggernaut captained by bands like Peter, Bjorn, and John and Shout Out Louds.
Three cute Scandinavians playing catchy 80’s post punk revival, what’s not to like? Buy one copy for your little sister and keep one for yourself; this is a band to watch out for.
Check out this sweet stop-motion video for and older track, “Security By Design:”
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Tags: Delta Sprit, Detroit Cobras, Lichtenstein, Music Video, Pipettes, Slumberland
