Shout Out Louds

Oh, those multilingual Swedes...sometimes they sound more American than we do and they're goofily mock-earnest and like to shake things while they play. If you don't mind infectious enthusiasm, check out this easy-on-the-ears indie pop romp, paying special attention to "Hurry Up Let's Go" and "The Comeback."

Scandinavian bands of the new millennium have a reputation for dabbling in studiously
retro pop and rough-cut garage rock (think the Hives). On their debut album, the
sentimental punks in Sweden's Shout Out Louds move ahead of the pack, mussing up
sparkling, delicately hewn melodies with singer Adam Olenius' ragged yelps and turning
their Sixties and Eighties pop influences into something new. The band brings a... More >