ABERDEEN
CD
What Do I Wish For Now
LTM
Definitive singles and rarities compilation from the Los Angeles-based indie pop combo, including all tracks from their singles on Sarah Records and Tremelo Arm Users Club. The rarities include “Marine Parade” and a cover of Biff Bang Pow's “She Never Undersood”, previously available only on compilation albums. All tracks have been digitally remastered, and just two appear on their album from 2002. Aberdeen are the missing link between The Field Mice (“Emma's House” is also covered) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the band appeared on the show in season 7). Booklet contains a wealth of Aberdeen images and extended band interview/history by Marcus Kagler. Tracklist: “Byron”, “Toy Tambourine”, “Fran”, “Fireworks”, “When It Doesn't Matter”, “Super Sunny Summer”, “Snapdragon”, “I Think I'm Falling”, “Marine Parade”, “She Never Understood”, “Sink or Float”, “Drive”, “The Boy Has Gone Away”, “Miss You Now You're Gone”, “Emma's House”, “Florida”, “Late Bloomr” and “Kyoto Death Song”.
125 SEK
ACID HOUSE KINGS
CDEP
Monaco GP
Marsh-Marigold
Early stuff from Swedish popsmiths Acid House Kings. This CDEP is recorded in ’93 and features “The Boy Still Dreams”, their trip into Pet Shop Boys-ville, four songs of their trademarked summary pop and a disco-mix of the first track. Tracklist: “The Boy Still Dreams”, “Wonder”, “Can You Tell Me It’s Over”, “I Didn’t Think Your Kiss Would Affect Me”, “Summer Days” and “The Boy Still Dances”.
60 SEK
ACID HOUSE KINGS
CD
Sing Along With Acid House Kings
Labrador
Showing untrendy will be the new trend for 2005, Acid House Kings return with a classic blend of 60's Motown and Bacharach, 80's The Smiths and timeless pop perfection. Tracklist: “That's Because You Drive Me”, ”Do What You Wanna Do”, ”This Heart Is A Stone”, ”London School Of Economics”, ”7 Days”, ”I Write Summer Songs For No Reason”, ”Tonight Is Forever”, ”Saturday Train”, ”Sleeping”, ”Will You Love Me In The Morning?”, ”A Long Term Plan” and ”Wipe Away Those Tears”.
125 SEK
ACID HOUSE KINGS
LP
Sing Along With Acid House Kings
Labrador
Showing untrendy will be the new trend for 2005, Acid House Kings return with a classic blend of 60's Motown and Bacharach, 80's The Smiths and timeless pop perfection. The vinyl edition of this stylish album includes three bonus tracks, previously available on the “Do What You Wanna Do” CDEP. Tracklist: “That's Because You Drive Me”, ”Do What You Wanna Do”, ”This Heart Is A Stone”, ”London School Of Economics”, ”7 Days”, ”I Write Summer Songs For No Reason”, ”Tonight Is Forever”, ”Saturday Train”, ”Sleeping”, ”Will You Love Me In The Morning?”, ”A Long Term Plan”, ”Wipe Away Those Tears”. Bonus tracks: “Come Josephine”, “Drama Inside” and “The Camera”.
140 SEK
AEROSPACE
CD
The Bright Idea Called Soul
Summersound
Info on this item coming soon.
145 SEK
AFRAID OF STAIRS
CDEP
Afraid Of Stairs
Lavender
Magnificent new CDEP by Afraid of Stairs, which is also the first release from the new Swedish label Lavender Recordings. Afraid Of Stairs is a Gothenburg based pop duo in the same vein as shoegazing bands in the early 90's, released on legendary labels such as Sarah Records and Creation. Pontus Wallgren, who started this band with Max Sjöholm, is also founder and member of Douglas Heart. He has also played the guitar with Franke. On this EP, Afraid Of Stairs have incorporated the influence of their friends. Malin Dahlberg, from Douglas Heart and Laurel Music as well as her solo project We Are Soldiers We Have Guns, is adding her angelic voice to the dreamy songs on this EP. With an equal proportion of fuzz guitars along with some really strong pop melodies, Afraid of Stairs create their own sound, and the specific atmosphere associated with it. At the same as the guitars are layered over the sensitive vocals, the structure and the production of the songs on this CDEP, pinpoint the fact that the melodies are always key in Afraid Of Stairs' music. Tracklist: “Tell Him How You Feel”, “Let Me”, “When Nothing” and “They Aimed Bad”.
30 SEK
AFTER-SCHOOL SPORTS
CD
A Short Melodrama
Cosy
The debut CDR from Stockholm girl Agnes Luther-Näsholm a k a After School Sports. Lo-fidelity electronic casio-tweepop with great pop melodies. If you’re into Action Biker-styled pop - this is it! Tracklist: “A Short Melodrama (Intro)”, “Charlie’s 18th Birthday”, “eBay Love”, “Smile”, “Almost Left My Bf For His Casio”, “Sweet Catrin Dannenmaier”, “Roe Deers, Cats And Mice”, “Wind Up” and “The Good Night Fable (Outro)”.
55 SEK
AGENT SIMPLE
7"
Shaking An Egg
Fridlyst
“Shaking An Egg” is a pop journey with Agent Simple. Agent Simple knows how to make pop songs, and here are four memorable songs for you to sing along to. On this record his dark voice is mixed with the wonderful voice from Formelette, and they sound great together. This is the first release on Fridlyst a.k.a. Open Field. The EP comes with a screenprinted cover. Tracklist: “Can't Think Of Anything”, “Friday”, “Better Days” and “Tomorrow”.
50 SEK
AIR FRANCE
CDEP
No Way Down
Sincerely Yours
Second EP from Swedish duo of Joel Karlsson and Henrik Markstedt, joined by vocalists Elisabet Sjögren and Teresa Jaksetic (ex-Liechtenstein). Air France are following the paths from their debut EP “On Trade Winds” with these dreamy, dancey and summery electronic pop songs. A beautiful meeting between the dance floor and the beach at sunset. Perfect for fans of The Embassy, Boat Club, 808 State, Pacific and New Order. Tracklist: ”Maundry Thursday”, ”June Evenings”, “Collapsing At Your Doorstep”, “No Excuses”, “No Way Down” and “Windmill Wedding”.
45 SEK
AIR FRANCE
CDEP
On Trade Winds
Sincerely Yours
Debut EP from Swedish trio of Elisabet Sjögren, Joel Karlsson and Henrik Markstedt. “On Trade Winds” is a perfect soundtrack for late summer nights/sunsets/early summer mornings, mixing soft house sounds with Pop. You’ll find a certain affinity with contemporary Swedish bands such as The Embassy and Boat Club, and you’ll find traces of The Wake, New Order, 808 State, Antena, and Balearic beats. Glimmering! Tracklist: ”Introduction”, ”Karibien”, ”Beach Party” and “Never Content”.
45 SEK
AIRLINER
CD
The Last Days Of August
Labrador
Airliner is basically a solo project from Kristian Rosengren of Aerospace. He’s been writing beautiful and slow pop songs for years and his debut, a split 7” single on Labrador Records, released in 1999. A single which sold out quickly and gained a very good reputation among the pop loving kids around the world. In the spring of 2002, the time was right to start recording the Airliner debut album, “The Last Days Of August”. Johan Angergård of Club 8 and Acid House Kings was hired as producer and the album was recorded in the famous Summersound Studios in Stockholm. The result is here: ten sad and sensitive pop songs about love and loss. For fans of: Trembling Blue Stars, Club 8 and The Montgolfier Brothers. Tracklist: “Trying To Be Clever”, “Everthing That's You”, “One Final Call”, “Nostalgia”, “Always Never”, “Defenses Down”, “Time And Space”, “Always The Last To Know”, “Happiness” and “The Last Days Of August”.
125 SEK
AIRLINER and ANT
7"
Imprints Of Emotion EP
Zenith/Smudgey
A split 7” that gives the beauty of Ant and Airliner to the world. Ant is Antony Harding (who used to play the drums in Hefner) and Airliner is Kristian Rosengren (from Aerospace). The matching of them is perfect, they both make acoustic and fragile songs from their bedrooms.
35 SEK
THE AISLERS SET
LP
How I Learned To Write Backwards
Slumberland
The Aislers Set’s third album, released in 2003. Brimming with drunken romanticism, sharp pop sensibilities and timeless melodies, the new Aislers’ album offers 11 new musical proofs of the power of classic tunes. Helmed by writer/player/producer extraordinaire Amy Linton, The Aislers’ revel in the history of great POP, spiking their classicist 60s-tinged tunes with pure post-punk energy and originality of bands like the Fire Engines and The June Brides. Every song is a meticulously constructed sound world, where the arrangement and instrumentation sublimely, uncannily bring each tune to completeness. Tracklist: “Catherine Says”, “Emotional Levy”, “Languor In The Balcony”, “Mission Bells”, “Sara's Song”, “Attraction Action Reaction”, “Through The Swells”, “The Train #1”, “The Train #2”, “Unfinished Paintings” and “Melody Not Malaise”.
135 SEK
THE AISLERS SET
CD
How I Learned To Write Backwards
Suicide Squeeze
The Aislers Set’s third album, released in 2003. Brimming with drunken romanticism, sharp pop sensibilities and timeless melodies, the new Aislers’ album offers 11 new musical proofs of the power of classic tunes. Helmed by writer/player/producer extraordinaire Amy Linton, The Aislers’ revel in the history of great POP, spiking their classicist 60s-tinged tunes with pure post-punk energy and originality of bands like the Fire Engines and The June Brides. Every song is a meticulously constructed sound world, where the arrangement and instrumentation sublimely, uncannily bring each tune to completeness. Tracklist: “Catherine Says”, “Emotional Levy”, “Languor In The Balcony”, “Mission Bells”, “Sara's Song”, “Attraction Action Reaction”, “Through The Swells”, “The Train #1”, “The Train #2”, “Unfinished Paintings” and “Melody Not Malaise”.
140 SEK
THE AISLERS SET
CD
Terrible Things Happen
Slumberland
Info on this item coming soon.
140 SEK
THE AISLERS SET
CD
The Last Match
Slumberland
Info on this item coming soon.
140 SEK
THE AISLERS SET
7"
The Red Door
Slumberland
Three track 7” single from The Aislers Set. The brilliant and essential uptempo floorfiller “The Red Door” from Aislers’ second album “The Last Match”. The b-side sees two exclusive tracks, “Summer’s Reprise” and a live cover of Girls At Our Best’s “Warm Girls”.
40 SEK
ALVYSINGER
CDEP
The Dreamer
Edition 59
A 4-track 3” CDR from this new Japanese band in the tradition of british new romantic bands of the 80s like Orange Juice or The Pale Fountains. Tracklist: “The Dreamer”, “Naked Astronaut”, “The Season” and “All For Our Tears”.
60 SEK
THE ANYWAYS
CD
Older Than Yesterday
Marineville
The only album/compilation by forgotten Oxford four-piece The Anyways, released in 1994 on Marineville Records. Jangly psychedelic guitarpop in the veins of The Byrds, Razorcuts and The Go-Betweens. Tracklist: “Confession”, ”Now You Are”, ”Some Psychedelic Song”, ”Silver”, ”Sweet Marie”, ”Leave Me Out”, ”Special One”, ”Levitate The Pentagon”, ”Tower Of Fools”, ”Some Kind Of Beautiful Nothing”, ”The Ghost Of Arthur Lee”, ”Black Crow”, ”Seen The World”, ”The Way I’ve Found”, ”Wish Away”, ”Wider”, ”Good Things”, ”Riviera Relation”, ”Something Blue” and ”Off Dope”.
110 SEK
THE ANYWAYS
7"
Sunshine Down EP
Marineville
An excellent EP by the forgotten Oxford four-piece The Anyways, released in 1993 on revived Marineville Records – and still in print! Three great tracks of jangly guitar pop, produced by Richard Haines (who ought to be a legend after his works with Blueboy and Lovejoy). Tracklist: “Wish Away”, “Wider” and “Through The Open Roof”.
45 SEK
APPLE ORCHARD
7"
A Month Of Spring
Haymarket
“A Month Of Spring” is the fifth single from the dreamy bedroom pop duo of brothers Ryan and Dale Marquez, released on their own Haymarket Recordings. Three tracks of misty, distorted and melancholic guitar pop celebrating the beauty of spring. Perfect for fans of The Sugargliders, Trembling Blue Stars and The Field Mice! Tracklist: “A Month Of Spring”, “The Rainbow’s End”, “She Knows”.
55 SEK
APPLE ORCHARD
CD
Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies
Haymarket
Two years in the making, “Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies” is Apple Orchard's debut cd. Devised, conceptualized, manipulated, soaked in reverb and realized by brothers Ryan and Dale Marquez, the album, released on the band's own label, Haymarket Recordings, is an assemblage of twelve of the most pensive, melancholic pop tunes the duo has ever written and recorded. Compared to the minimalist lo-fi bedroom pop of the band's early releases, the duo has expanded their sound in Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies as the songs are drenched with layers upon layers of dreamy keyboards and luminous guitars. With song titles like “Weather Patterns” and “Midnight Stars And Kisses”, it's an imperfect soundtrack for the lovelorn, the heartsick and the aimless wanderers. Apple Orchard started out as a solo project by Ryan back in 1999. While listening to a lot of The Sugargliders, The Field Mice, Brighter, Sweet William, a few Sarah Records compilations and playing acoustic guitar along monotonous drum beats off a casiotone became a habit, a few songs were written, mostly schoolboy lyrics and near-whispered melodies. Becoming a duo a year later, Apple Orchard began contributing songs to a number of compilation releases and to this date, has issued three cassette EPs, a 7" single and a 3" cd-r single. Tracklist: “Unfazed”, “Weather Patterns”, “Harsh”, “The Comforts Of Strangers”, “Rain, As We Know It”, “Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies”, “A Fine Warning”, “I Can’t Feel Sorry”, “Dreaming (As The Summer Fades)”, “The Saddest, Perfect Ending”, “Midnight Stars And Kisses” and “The Cloud Fleets”.
100 SEK
APPLE ORCHARD
CDEP
Leafy Lanes
Haymarket
Apple Orchard has been rather busy the past year writing and recording, and now, they have assembled five of the most notable tunes they’ve penned in recent months and called it “Leafy Lanes”. The CDR-EP is their first release after the starry-eyed haze of the Edition 59 “Turning Point” 3” CDR and the hushed whirlpool that was “Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies”, both issued last year. Misty at certain points, a little silvery at times, “Leafy Lanes” includes a pensive Carnival Park cover (“Fall Fast”), as well. Perfect for fans of The Sugargliders and Trembling Blue Stars. Tracklist: “Hit Or Miss”, “Fall Fast”, “That Sleepy Side Of Town”, “Near-Perfect” and “Because The Waters Are Calm”.
55 SEK
APPLE ORCHARD
CDS
Turning Point
Edition 59
A three track 3” CDR, released on German Edition 59 label, from the dreamy bedroom pop duo of brothers Ryan and Dale Marquez. This little and beautifully sounding Apple Orchard release features a cover of The Steinbecks “2-Star Motel”. Tracklist: ”Turning Point”, ”Careful, Careless” and “2-Star Motel”.
60 SEK
ARTHUR AND MARTHA
7"
Autovia
Happy Robots
Adam and Alice met one rainy night in Leeds, UK and found a shared love of Kraftwerk, Factory records and old analog synths. This led to the formation of Arthur and Martha and the duo started to compose blissful pop with echoes of afformentioned German legends, Stereolab and Broadcast. This debut single is filled with perfect pop for long and straight motorways! Tracklist: ”Autovia” and ”Japanese Kiss”.
50 SEK
THE ARTISANS
CD
The Artisans
Cloudberry
The first edition of Cloudberry’s new Classics series is a much longed-for reissue of all the songs ever recorded by UK indiepop band The Artisans. Included is the two tracks from the “Jazz Serenade” 7” single, released on their own Infidel Records, two tracks that appearad on Slumberland’s “Why Popstars Can’t Dance” compilation and two previously unreleased songs. When first hearing The Artisans: quite a revelation, and quite a big question mark: why haven’t I heard of this band before? Maybe because they put out their releases in the early 90’s, but sounding a lot like the bands coming out of the C86 movement a couple of years earlier: “Jazz Serenade” sounds almost like a long lost track from The Siddeleys! Tracklist: “Jazz Serenade”, “All I Ever Wanted”, “So Surprised”, “Start Again”, “Tolerance” and “Up to Me”. Highly recommended!
55 SEK
JAMES AUSFAHRT
LP
Party For The Arty People, Arty For The Party...
Fridlyst
LP + CDR. James has been recording songs for a couple of years now and he has built up a reputation of a crazy sexy cool lo-fi artist on the west coast of Sweden. Any of you that have been lucky enough to hear him knows his music is addictive, trashy and beautiful. James believes in the “one take theory” and has recorded more then 80 songs of disco, pop, rock and roll, old school electronica and new wave all in the lo-fi mentality. He’s recording at home by himself with guitar, keyboard, bass and a drum machine, some of them are homebuilt. James is also heck of a driver, and hopefully he will take his car and drive to your town for a show, because you haven’t seen anything before you’ve seen James Ausfahrt. Comes with a CDR of the album. Tracklist: “Lovesong No 75”, ”Lucy Ferocious”, ”No Reason To Dance”, ”The Night The Night Became One Day Longer”, ”Disko Gigolo”, ”Babylon”, ”Take The Limits To The Limit”, ”I Want You With Me All The Time”, ”Don’t Know What To Do”, ”Metal Machine”, ”White Phantom’s Funeral”, ”Lover At The Retirement Home”, ”Never Again”, ”Keep On”, ”Rit & Skrivkramp”, ”Up All Night”, ”Keep Left At Jordfallsmotet”, ”Fragile Glass Boy”, ”Stalker”, ”Just Like Heather”, ”Deadbeat With The Right To Choose” and ”With Me”.
110 SEK