Night At The Zoo
by The Mo

From MadhattanJack 12/30/2025 05:26 | #312369

Not to be confused with the band with the same name from the Netherlands (who were active during the early 80s), this band is from Sweden and are more of a power-pop act, along the lines of bands like Spacehog, Franz Ferdinand, the Futureheads, Pulp (maybe), and so on. The singer sounds sort of like a cross between The Wannadies' Pär Wiksten (they were on the same record label as them) and the Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof, but maybe I just lack imagination and he actually sounds like two completely different people. Track 8, "Nostalgia Locomotive," was a fairly big hit in Sweden and features a nice duet with singer Kris Le Mans, who in turn is not to be confused with the 24-hour-long Formula 1 auto racing event which is older and not as good-looking. Anyway, the songs on the album are well put-together and catchy, but they needed a much better band name, and they were more "pop" than "power" at a time when it would have been better to be the other way around. Still, a pretty good record. (Edited)