The Legends first came to my attention with the fuzzy indiepop shazam of ‘Call It Ours’. Guitars! Action! Gyration! It was kinda cool.
Then suddenly they were all supercool electropop sweetness, going on to show off some hip aural and visual references to Kraftwerk (yeah I know, I know, who hasn’t?) and DAF. I particularly liked the reference is Alles ist Gut on the sleeve of Facts and Figures.
It’s from Facts And Figures that this weeks’ Sunday Supplement comes. I like to think it follows in the spirit of Stephen Duffy and I’m sure that The Legends would not be averse to that suggestion.
Incidentally, there’s a new Legends set that has just come to my attention. On first cursory listen it sounds like a return the scuzzed up style of their debut, except with even more of a heavy hand on the distortion buttons of the mixing desk. It’s like they took the idea of ‘You Made Me Realise’ and made a kinda Swedepop lite version. That’s no criticism, by the way, just an observation. The record, like all of The Legends’ catalogue is certainly worth checking out.
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