MARCHING BAND – Pop Cycle
reviewed by Garrett Lyons
Marching Band is a Swedish duo who puts together a brilliant style of atmospheric lo-fi pop. The sound takes cues from Wolf Parade, The Shins, and Yo La Tengo to make a stellar album filled with tightly-constructed songs, brilliant lo-fi vocals that are far more than a lyrical delivery service and brilliant arrays of multi-instrumental magic. The songs range from melodic pop with the stellar opener “Another Day” to the more frantic backbeat of “Pink Elephant.” Everything Marching Band does on Pop Cycle works. It is all absolutely brilliant.
(U & L Records, 1617 Cosmo St. Suite 411, Los Angeles, CA 90028)
