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The Dandelions
4-track promo
Hijack Records
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written by Johnnie C
Jun 20, 2004.
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A cool, young Swedish group with a distinctive sartorial style, who want you to listen to their songs and think, “Wow, Stooges, Who, Stones…”
The story of how The Dandelions’ first gig came to an abrupt end after 40 seconds, when the owner of the establishment “pulled the plug”, is a nice little piece of mythology that may endure and may even endear them to the popular music press here. Quite what upset the proprietor of the Stockholm bar in question is neither related in their biographical notes nor especially apparent on this, their self-produced debut recording for Hijack Records. What we do have here are five less than terrifying, red-clad young lads playing four breezy, catchy and beautifully concise pop songs.
Your biggest difficulty with this is going to be keeping the words “The Hives” out of your head. For all that Dandelions are less heavy and more poppy, ultimately they can only, truthfully, have been influenced by their compatriots. The opening track, On The 54, could well be Hate To Say I Told You So’s rascally little brother, with its driving bassline, and killer, handclappy chorus; “shake it out now/ shake it out now”. It could be a hit. Similarly, So Lonely’s madly infectious “Oh! Ah!” chorus is designed to get those rent-a-muppet TOTP audiences clapping along gleefully and inanely. Central Station and Mike, continue in a similar, if less instant vein, the inclusion of a harmonica solo at the close of the latter taking it over the hitherto uncharted three-minute barrier. I would have hoped for at least one track showing a different dimension to their work, but if this is all that they do then they do it very well. Live, I’m sure they are formidable.
In a crowded indie rock scene they’ll need all the help they can get to rise above the parapet, and I wish them luck. Existing Hives fans may just say, “I’ve already got one…”
Check out On The 54 Mp3 and video at www.thedandelions.com
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