
Gunnar Bjorling I am convinced that somewhere within the Labrador Records offices in Stockholm, there exists a magical machine that issues mandates to bands on the roster as to what their next albums must sound like. For example, The Radio Dept drew "Belle & Sebastian meets the Jesus & Mary Chain" for their debut and then "depressed Pet Shop Boys" for the follow-up and The Mary Onettes , it seems, were told to make their new record Puzzles sound like "the Shout Out Louds covering Echo & The [...]