Pitchfork: The Legends Take on America

Time to book another dentist appointment: Swedish indie-pop candymen the Legends are getting set to deliver another sugary fun dip of pop confection to U.S. stores. Their sophomore LP, Public Radio, has finally been given a North American release date of June 27, courtesy of Robert Pollard buddies Recordhead. It originally came out in Sweden last year on Labrador.

Public Radio follows the band's 2004 debut Up Against the Legends with a dozen new tracks that take a slightly different approach to the band's signature pop sheen.

"It's different from the first album," head Legend Johan Angeråld kindly explained to Pitchfork via email. "After Up Against I was tired of making indie-hit-songs, so my first idea was to make an album without any choruses at all. Something more sensitive and stronger and not so typical/classic. I didn't follow the idea through 100%, 'cause some songs really need a chorus and there's no need to be stubborn in a stupid way."%FULL ARTICLE

Ear candy or not, Public Radio is packed with the singles "Hideaway" and "He Knows the Sun", and the first 1000 pressings will also include an exclusive bonus disc full of remixes and B-sides.

Tracklist: 01 Today
02 Hide Away
03 People Like Us
04 You're Alive
05 Air
06 He Knows the Sun
07 Something Good
08 I Want to Be Like Everybody Else
09 Heaven Will Wait
10 So Much for Tomorrow
11 These Old Hearts of Ours
12 Do You Remember Riley? Bonus Disc:01 Today (Phone Edit by Les Espions)
02 Hide Away (Mutilated by Project-X)
03 Books
04 He Knows the Sun (Jimahl RMX)
05 Something Good (I Don't So Now I Do Remix)
06 Inside Out
07 Hide Away (You're High Remix by Jimahl)
08 Catch the Ease

A brief supporting tour of the East Coast will take place in July, with the Legends playing alongside Angeråld's other band, Acid House Kings.

Dates:

07-06 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
07-08 New York, NY - Cake Shop
07-09 Brooklyn, NY - North Six
07-10 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's
07-11 Washington, DC - DC Nine
07-12 Philadelphia, PA - Kensington South Forum