Hit The Waves (Labrador) is the new album from the Mary Onettes. It’s the long-awaited third full-length from the Gothenburg, Sweden, quartet, and it largely abandons the soaring pop that was the band’s hallmark on its 2007 self-titled debut and 2009’s Islands. Those albums earned the quartet comparisons to the Cure and Echo & The Bunnymen, although polished with a modern synth-pop sheen. Hit The Waves draws likewise from the ’80s, but instead of tuneful post-punk, it deliberately echoes some less trendy sources. The Mary Onettes—brothers Philip and Henrik Ekström, Petter Agurén and Simon Fransson—will be guest editing magnet magazine.co all week. Read our brand new feature on them.
Philip Ekström: I’m really into photo books right now and have found some really good ones. Photos are great inspiration when it comes to composing. I lay a few books in front of me and start writing. I can instantly get a feeling to go with. Cape Light is one of my favorites right now. All photos are shot by Joel Meyerowitz with a vintage 8 x 10 Deardorff field view camera from 1938. The photos have such good light and calmness!
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