Three albums in and it feels like The Legends are still trying to define their sound. Being tied to a leading indie pop label isn’t doing them any favors either as it seems to be limiting them to sound poppy whilst trying to incorporate different styles like 80’s electro or shoegazey feedback. Their latest single ‘Seconds Away’ seems to be yet another victim of their attempts at ‘innovation’.
Now I’ve never been one to poo-poo an entire album based on hearing one song, but from what I’ve read on the press release for the single, I don’t expect Johan and Co. to reproduce the success they had with 2004’s ‘Up Against the Legends’:
“Right now Johan is in the famous Summersound studios together with a large number of distortion pedals and broken amplifiers to record a fourth The Legends album.”
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Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)
jesus and mary chain must of toured sweden a lot back in the day.
Man, i love The Legends. Up Against The Legends, solid. Yah, drunkin’ dancing in my younger years. Good times. Nice pick.
i don’t like your review.
They are not trying to innovate or find their sound, they are just exploring a lot of genres, why should they stick to one genre? that’s boring.