Penny Century: Between a Hundred Lies (CD on Letterbox Recordings)

Band: Penny Century
Label: Letterbox Recordings
Title: Between a Hundred Lies

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Band:Penny Century
Title:Between a Hundred Lies
Reviewed By:Tommy Gunnarsson
Date Published:07/10/2007

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It’s a weird feeling when I from time to time find out about a Swedish indiepop band ,which I have never heard of before, that has been signed by a foreign label. Who are these guys? Sweden is such a small country when it comes to indiepop that I think should have heard of them. But then again, there are probably hundreds of bands, many of them are probably fantastic too, that I don’t know exist, so maybe it isn’t so weird after all.

When I looked in the booklet of their debut album, 'Between a Hundred Lies', I found out that they were from Östersund, the city in the geographic middle of Sweden, and that their lead vocalist is Julia , sister of Martin Hanberg of the great bands Sibiria and Vapnet.

So, I put the round plastic thing in my CD-player and pressed the play button, hoping for a smashing record. Well, with such expectations, I was bound to be a bit disappointed. But with that said, this isn’t a bad album. It’s just… very average. It’s not until the fifth song, 'Sounds Like a Melody ' (no, it’s not a cover of the Alphaville song, sadly) that things start to look really good, but with the next track it is back to square one. And I must admit that I have a hard time coping with Julia’s voice also. It’s a bit TOO good, which can be a very good thing, but it can often a bit tedious when it comes to indiepop.

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