- Music
- 21 Sep 02
Division Of Laura Lee are the latest Swedish band to come out guitars blazing
Division Of Laura Lee are the latest Swedish band to come out guitars blazing with the à la mode influences and attitude of The Strokes and labelmates The Hives. With the downbeat vocal style of the former and the rough energy of the latter, they’re ploughing a very timely furrow, although these guys have been around since ‘97.
They’re oft-described as a punked-up Primal Scream, and that comes across, most notably on the Stones-y percussion of the blissed-out ‘I Guess I’m Healed’, while there’s a definite Joy Division vibe elsewhere – the guitars heavy-handed, dirty layers of sustained noise that sound like they’re coming through on some dark distorted frequency.
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