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.
Simon Fransson: Time is vague, but amazing, and each watch tells a story! Who owned it before? Which parts of the world has it traveled in? What has it been through? I have for quite a long time been interested in watches and fascinated by the craftsmanship behind its looks & works. Many people collect something. I collect watches that I find interesting. Today we have clocks everywhere, in cars, computers and cell phones. Despite this, the mechanical clock (which is one of the most accurate machines available) survived and will certainly be with us for a while. It is a tool and a piece of art.
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