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Lacrosse are first up blaring in my ears this week. I just really need their joyous Scando indie pop this morning, custom built to blow out the cobwebs and defeat the blues. The opener has a bit of a Los Campesinos vibe with dual vocals, rattling guitar, an anthemic feel with one of those spindly 80s keyboards searching through the celebratory melee. The songs have a simple stomping stride to them, a resolutely feelgood factor is ever present. I love the slightly Caribbean swing to 'All the Little Things That You Do' which is chocka full of buzzing sounds & effects and affects me in an incredibly positive manner, a true unifying hugathon of a tune that I really hope gets caned on radio stations worldwide - a beaut! There's a tenderness to this aptly titled album, 'Bandages For The Heart', a reassuring completeness. The songs sound so alive & natural, guaranteed to ease the multiple pressures of life. The Swedes once again prove themselves to be more than adept at coaxing out the sun in your life.Lacrosse's debut album "This New Year Will Be for You and Me" had the critics use words like "euphoric", "perky" and "sunshine pop", and was "Record of the Week" in Rough Trade and "Pick of the Week" by Norman Records in the UK. On the follow-up, the six-piece Swedish pop combo teamed up with acclaimed producer Jari Haapalainen (The Concretes, Ed Harcourt etc.) to create an opus with no less euphoria, but a lot more edge. Recorded at the legendary Studio Gröndal in Stockholm, "Bandages for the Heart" shows a heavier and darker side of Lacrosse. With traces of disco, punk, flamenco and krautrock, the album will have you bouncing on the brightest lit dance-floor and crying in the darkest corner, all in the span of 37 minutes.
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