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Posted on June 14, 2009 - by Jamie Russell

Nobody likes a Qwitter…

Considering the inevitable streams of forum inches already devoted to this topic, I surprise myself by even attempting to write about it. In fact, I suggest that you don’t read this post at all. It would make me very happy if you would give up now, turn back and amuse yourself elsewhere. There is nothing for you here. (more…)

Posted on June 4, 2009 - by Jamie Russell

The unknown colours of a 90s revival…

“Unknown Colors“, the debut album from Swedish newcomers Sad Day For Puppets, is a nostalgic skinny dip into teen-hood, circa 1990. A turn-of-the-decade affair, whipped up in an echoey swarm of distortion and indubitably girlish couplets, it’s built to reinvigorate a breed of shoegaze pop we might otherwise forget. And the secret ingredient? A palpable knack for melody – the kind, I’m led to believe, that more or less grows on trees in Sweden (or, perhaps, comes in easy-to-assemble flat packs).

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