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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