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One of these days I’m going to have to go to Sweden. The women are hot. Ikea rocks. And they seem to crank out an almost endless stream of good pop bands (ABBA excluded…). My latest Swedish discovery is a band from Norrkoping called Speedmarket Avenue.
Speedmarket Avenue was formed in 2001 when a group of friends who had been playing music together for a while decided to get serious, and tracked down the last piece missing to make them a real band. They quickly got to work and released their first single the following year.
Over the next few years they toured all over Europe, honing their chops and working on material. In 2004 they released their first full album, I´m Going To Let My New Swiss Army Knife Answer To That. It met with both critical and popular success throughout Europe.
This year the band has released their followup, Way Better Now. It’s a well-crafted pop album, with layers of sound and catchy melodies. Sibille Attar and Isak Klasson trade vocal duties, giving the band a powerful female/male one-two punch. Wind instruments balance with guitars and keyboards to give the band their own unique sound.
“Less Than OK”
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“No Drama”
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Videos
“Way Better Now”
“Don’t Fall in Love”
Links
Buy Way Better Now
Official Site
MySpace
