Holy Swedish Cross-Referencing!

Oh, I fear my swedophile friends have all forsaken me. How else could I be unaware that the Legends and the Acid House Kings (pictured) are both the Scandinavian brain children of one Johan Angerald? I didn't even know the Acid House Kings were Swedish, although now that I look at them, it does seem a bit obvious. In Sweden, the sun only shines two months out of the year. The other ten months, the wily Swedes are forces to bathe in sugary pop music to ward off Seasonal Affective Disorder, which in Sweden is just called Socialism.


Here are pretty little summer songs from a land where summer doesn't really exist.

He Knows the Sun- The Legends
This could be a b-side from the Cure's "Wish" album, but is actually the first single from the Legends second disc, "Public Radio" which hits US shores on Tuesday. Enjoy the underwater bass solo and the "Oh it's pretty/oh so pretty" chorus, but remember that for pallid Swedish people like Johan Angerald and his bandmates, tanning can lead to almost immediate death, and becoming sun-smitten is inevitably fatal. Still, bouncy little song, eh?


I Write Summer Songs for No Reason- Acid House Kings
The Acid House Kings might have the most inappropriate name of any extant band. And I'm not buying the "It's our second language!" excuse. There are zero elements of Acid or House on "Sing Along With Acid House Kings" and the band includes at least one Acid House Queens. At least with Acid Mothers Temple, the band sounds like they might be doing acid. With your mother. The Acid House Kings bop through folk sounds, pop rock that sounds quite a bit like earlier Legends material and disco beats that call to mind recent Belle and Sebastian

Special Bonus Swedish Reference:
Of Montreal is certainly not Swedish, but they make very little sense and it is very possible they've done a lot of acid. Here is a friendly love song to poor little Nietzsche.
What a Strange Day With a Swede- Of Montreal