“It Was Everything. Everything!“
from the album Wired Boy Child
2008
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The torrent of guitar notes tumbling out at the start of “It Was Everything. Everything!” tells you that you’re in Telecaster heaven. The second album from the dual-guitar Swedes owes a massive debt to The Stokes and Television but the effect is as exciting as listening to either of those bands. Strokes-like hurtling guitars mark out “Miss You” while the prickly “Yes (I’m Coming Out)” offsets guitars with keyboards for a more restrained effect. Joel Lindström’s vocals are always high in the mix apart from on the instrumental “Kamelen” where the guitars spank out a honeyed jangle. It’s not a huge departure from the self-titled debut — a little more minor-key melancholy perhaps — but they carry off that New York guitar sound with style. Did I mention there were lots of guitars?