The Love of Kevin, Colour, Chaos, and the Sound of K

Compare and contrast my post of May 18, 2005, with this one. Same band. Same song title. But just as the Swedish duo of Lindefelt and Fredrik have changed their performing name from The Lovekevins to The Love of Kevin, Colour, Chaos, and the Sound of K (or "The LK" for short), they have also changed their style. "Stop Being Perfect" has gone from being a textbook Swedish guitar-pop song to a textbook Swedish electronic pop song (there's the contrast). No change though in their ability to craft a catchy pop song, one that induces singing along and toe-tapping. For the curious, some of those older "guitar" songs from their 2005 Max Leon EP can be downloaded from the Songs I Wish I Had Written website below.

Original Post (as the Lovekevins) 5/18/2005:
There's nothing quite like blindly buying an album at the local record store and finding something you just love. Trust me, I've bought some real junk over the years (Betty Boo circa 1990, anyone?) in that pursuit. But I've found some really good stuff. Sometimes it's the album cover (Jessamine), sometimes it's the record label (Henry's Dress), sometimes it's just a good vibe (Super 5 Thor). Even today, in the new millenium, that still happens with the world wide web. I stumbled across a real gem of band, the Lovekevins, on the online store Delicious Goldfish Records. Fantastic Swedish pop that soars and bounces and captivates and I just have to go listen to "Stop Being Perfect" again right now.

Stop Being Perfect [MP3, 6.7MB, VBR]
Tamagotchi Freestyle [MP3, 4.8MB, 192kbps]
Private Life of a Cat [MP3, 5.4MB, 192kbps]

www.thekorarecords.com
www.songsiwish.com/thelk
www.thelkhideout.com

Gregor Samsa

It's been a wild and wonderful past week, beginning with our baby daughter arriving much earlier than expected. All is well, except she's tiny and needs to get bigger. My wife and I finally took a moment to play back the week via iPhoto slideshow. We selected Gregor Samsa's "Young and Old" (from their forthcoming debut full-length 55:12) as the soundtrack. So understand that I'm heavily under the influence (cf. Jon's Stars post) when I say Gregor Samsa is my new favorite band. But they're pretty darn good under any circumstances. Imagine if Sigur Ros were from Richmond, Virginia...

Young and Old [MP3, 6.9MB, 128kbps]
Three [MP3, 6.4MB, 128kbps]
Two [MP3, 8.0MB, 128kbps]

www.thekorarecords.com
www.gregorsamsa.com