New copies, Fraction Discs dead stock.
"Aah, Sweden. From power pop heroes Popsicle to Tambourine Studios mainstays Eggstone, from the Balearic-facing The Embassy to noughties favorites The Radio Dept. — the country has never ceased to supply p!o!pkids everywhere with quality aural highs.
This admirable tradition in indie pop can ultimately be traced to one band and one album: Happydeadmen’s Eleven Pop Songs.
When the Stockholm band was formed in 1988, the country’s alternative scene was mainly filled with hardcore, punk or goth outfits. Then Eleven Pop Songs came along and being called a “pop band” didn’t sound like a bad thing anymore. Built upon the jangly sound of ‘80s British indie, the record still managed to stand apart thanks to the band’s unique brand of energy and melodicism. Songs like “Emilia”, “Heaven No”, “We Swim” and “Is This All?” evoke the same pure pop pleasures of The Bodines, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions and The Sea Urchins, while main single “Silent Sigh City” deserves, in our humble opinions, to be mentioned in the same breath as “Between Something and Nothing”, “Anorak City” and “Rain of Crystal Spires”. The band would go on to release two more poptastic albums, but Eleven Pop Songs is where it all began — both for Happydeadmen and Sweden’s indie pop scene.
Daydream Records are proud to name Eleven Pop Songs as our first ever release. It’s our pleasure to re-introduce the joys of this album on vinyl — the first time it’s getting the wax treatment since 1990. With the band’s blessing and using hi-res digital transfers from the original master tapes, the album has been lovingly remastered by Nick Townsend of Townsend Mastering and pressed at Cleveland, OH’s Gotta Groove Records. For maximum visual enjoyment, we’ve used the original artwork and made the record available in three color options: translucent pink, translucent blue and vibrant party monster. So be sure to place your pre-orders now and get ready to discover — or rediscover — these classic slices of Swedish jangly goodness." - Agasyah Karim
Fraction Discs, 2010