Pitchfork: The Mary Onettes Issue Debut in the States

The Mary Onettes Issue Debut in the States

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The Mary Onettes list "mostly music from the eighties" as their only influence on their MySpace page, and, well, no one's gonna accuse them of any lack of self-awareness. The Swedish popmakers make some sweetly skuzzy sounds nestled somewhere between the stickiest new wave tunes and those early synthpop-indebted Magnetic Fields LPs, and their "Pleasure Songs" ought to please most ears already tickled by the recent Swedish explosion. The band's self-titled debut came out last year in their homeland, but is due in the U.S. December 11 on Labrador Records. The band recently wrapped a handful of Swedish dates, but no future shows are lined up.

The Mary Onettes:

01 Pleasure Songs
02 Lost
03 Void
04 The Laughter
05 Slow
06 The Companion
07 Explosions
08 Henry
09 Under The Guillotine
10 Still