Labrador Records, "Sweden's and the world's finest purveyors of pop music," adds another arrow to an already stuffed quiver with the Mary Onettes' second album, Islands. The group had to make the entire album twice after a double hard drive tragedy (one was stolen and the backup failed) destroyed the entire album in 2008. Philip Ekström's project re-imagines 80s touchstones like The Cure and The Jesus and Mary Chain. As with much of the output from Sweden it is great and somehow manages to make old ideas sound fresh, a musical anachronism that really has you believing that The Smiths must have been listening to the Mary Onettes.
They perform at Webster Hall tomorrow evening (Nov. 6). Tickets
CD at Insound
Or if you need it in vinyl you can get it from Labrador starting on Nov. 9.
Neat Track by Track interview+video at Strangeglue
mp3 The Mary Onettes Puzzles
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