This four-piece Swedish group say that they have drawn inspiration from 1980s movie soundtracks and French cinema from the 30s and 40s. They are not any more specific than this and I can't say either would have occurred to me had they not told me.
It sounds more like they have spent their leisure hours immersed in Human League-style electro-pop rather than hanging out at their local arthouse cinema.
This is their second full-length release - the follow up their debut album Great White Whale' from 2011.
Christian Nanzell's girly-sounding falsetto vocals over the synth backing mean that he could easily be mistaken for the blonde on the record cover.
Like the album sleeve, the eleven tracks ooze a shiny commerciality meaning that the band name is more likely to evoke visions of the Death In The Afternoon cocktail drink than the Hemingway novel.
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The plodding and slightly repetitive rhythms would not set a disco ablaze and no track really stands out as a potential hit single.
Nevertheless, the eleven tracks are all radio friendly in a retro Euro pop kind of way so, if you were so inclined, you could spend a nostalgic half hour with this record quite happily.
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