Personally, I blame Dachau for this.

I got a friend who has raved about Low every now and then. Upon finding this album on sale at the local record store I quickly asked him and asked if this would be a good starting point to the band. The reply I got was "Not really...", but by then my mind was already made up. Drums and Guns it was! 

The album strikes a very percussive, minimalistic tone that matches the cover. Experimentation with glitchy beats and guitar feedback. Some of the songs even remind me of Einstürzende Neubauten in their slower moments. Which is a good thing. I'm enjoying Drum and Guns quite a bit, it's a very singular album but they work hard on exploring as many aspects of that one sound as possible. 

Favourite tune is the last track, a beautiful hymn of distortion called Violent Past. 

Post for the leftovers.

Here's some records I've picked up over these last months and never gotten around to make proper posts for. Shame on me!

Quite easily the best Swedish pop album (alongside Lykke Li) of the year, this far.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

In which TPoBPaH indulge their inner Siamese Dream fandom. Good indie.

Remember Just Dance? Before Bad Romance, before Pokerface, before all the crazy interviews, outfits, stage shows? Seems like so long ago now, doesn't it?

Some cheap 7"' picked up second hand. XTC, Kate Bush and a weird Japanese band that sounds a tad like Beach Boys!

Perhaps the best looking album cover of 2011, thus far? Good too, Raveonettes embrace their inner goth mixed with the usual 50/60s rock and Jesus & Mary Chain influences.