The Legends, the newest pop sensation out of Sweden, write modern pop songs with hints of everything retro on the band's debut album, Up Against the Legends. Their stunning debut will appeal to those who love infectious, offbeat pop hooks in the vain of The Jesus and Mary Chain, mixed with an ample dose of Morrissey-esque vocals. Made up of nine handclapping, guitar clattering, singing band members who had little or no experience before joining the band, the band now rocks out to their own pop beats    [ read more ]

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In 2003 and 2004 The Legends received recognition around the world with their debut release Up Against The Legends. Public Radio, is bound to generate worldwide hype all over again. Echoing the sounds of '80s indie-pop and upbeat Motown productions, Public Radio has a familiar feel yet sounds futuristic at the same time. The band mixes influences like New Order, Felt, The Feelies and The Cure with their own pop aesthetics to create something utterly wonderful and new.

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One disc includes hard psych originals, while the other shows the band's kickin' garage roots. Leader Dan Hartman later joined Edgar Winter and wrote "Free Ride," and the rest is history. Twenty-four-page book plus ten-minute archival QuickTime video.

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Album number three, and a third entirely new direction for the Legends, who by this point no longer made any pretense of being a "mysterious" nine-piece group of unknowns rather than a one-man studio project of the prolific popsmith Johan Angergsrd. More than any of AngergGrd's other outfits, the Legends make pop music with overt reference to other pop music, and Facts and Figures is no exception. Just for starters, the album shares its opening line with U2's The Joshua Tree, and there'   [ read more ]

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