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The Legends

The Legends' return with Over and Over

The Legends strike a nice balance between drowning in JAMC distortion (really heavy reverb and distortion) with soft, catchy harmonies. When a reviewer said they sound like what might happen "if My Bloody Valentine swallowed Peter, Bjorn and John", I thought it might just mean really high-pitched whistling, but fortunately that's not the case. The Legends are led by Johan Angergård, who is also part of other Swedish bands Acid House Kings and Club 8. On and On is the bands first proper LP since 2004's Up Against The Legends. They did put out a handful of EPs since then.

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Monday, May 18, 2009
by ChrisB
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Latest comment by: brianna: "i'm totally loving The Legends. "All the same" has been playing non-stop for me. thank you!"

Another reason the Swedes Rule: Club 8

Today I think we've all earned some Swedish electronica spiced up indie-pop from Club 8.

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Monday, October 1, 2007
by imaginary liz
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Record review

Acid House Kings, Aerospace, Afraid of Stairs, Airliner, Chasing Dorotea, Club 8, Corduroy Utd., Douglas Heart, Edson, Irene, Lasse Lindh, Laurel Music, Leslies, Loveninjas, Mondial, Pelle Carlberg, Ronderlin, Sambassadeur, South Ambulance, Starlet, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, The Legends, The Mary Onettes, The Radio Dept., Tribeca, Waltz for Debbie, Wan Light, [ingenting] — Labrador 100 - A Complete History Of Popular Music

What is it about Sweden anyways? Is it the long winter nights? The long summer days? The frightening good looks? The socialized medicine? Hell, they have socialized BOOZE (Absolut vodka is owned by the government). They do give grants to musicians, which might strike your average starving band in the US as bizarre, but these bands earn it.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007
by Steve Thornton
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Latest comment by: swedestpleasest: "Nice coverage of this release. I agree with this reviewer wholeheartedly. I received this boxset from parcel post last week and can't stop listening to it. "Cinnamon" is unbeatable. I could live without Tribeca. The synth surely inspired Nine Inch Nails to ...