The Legends, 'Over and Over' (Labrador/Caroline)
August 24, 2009 No one does depression like the Swedes, except maybe for the Brits of yore. Stockholm's Johan Angergård tries to master his pain by paying tribute to the U.K. gloom-pop heroes who soundtracked his childhood: Applying shrieking guitar feedback to spun-sugar melodies like razor blades cutting across smooth teenage skin, he exaggerates the Jesus and Mary Chain extremes of "Seconds Away," a love song to the antidepressant Tryptizol. …
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