Published by Nat Lady
on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 18:39. 
Swedish indie pop troubadours
The Lovekevins have produced an album which attempts to blend dreamy, sugary vocals and infectious melodies with futuristic electronica. Unfortunately, they have moved on just a little bit too far from the unashamedly pop sound of their first 7” single, Happy Happy, and seem far too content these days to let bleeps and drum machines replace their guitars. The stand-out song is the slightly eccentric Private Life of a Cat, which inadvertently quotes Ant and Dec’s “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble” (possibly something lost in translation?) and uses glitches and beeps to highlight and enhance the pop melody, not to drown it. However, it is hard to criticise a band who sing so lovingly of anoraks, Tamagotchi and tandem bikes without sounding ironic…..all they need to do is ditch the over-reliance on their computer and they could be the pop minstrels they so clearly long to be.
Swedish indie pop troubadours The Lovekevins have produced an album which attempts to blend dreamy, sugary vocals and infectious melodies with futuristic electronica. Unfortunately, they have moved on just a little bit too far from the unashamedly pop sound of their first 7” single, Happy Happy, and seem far too content these days to let bleeps and drum machines replace their guitars. The stand-out song is the slightly eccentric Private Life of a Cat, which inadvertently quotes Ant and Dec’s “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble” (possibly something lost in translation?) and uses glitches and beeps to highlight and enhance the pop melody, not to drown it. However, it is hard to criticise a band who sing so lovingly of anoraks, Tamagotchi and tandem bikes without sounding ironic…..all they need to do is ditch the over-reliance on their computer and they could be the pop minstrels they so clearly long to be.
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