Popsicle - Stand Up and Testify (Telegram Records)(1997)(CD)(Swedish Pop Collection #11)

 Another CD from the Swedish Pop Collection I purchased from my friend and collector A. Popsicle is a band that formed in Stockholm in 1991. According to Discogs this is the last full album they released. I have a few of their albums and I think I reviewed an earlier album by them. Simply put, if you like indie guitar pop, then Popsicle is good for you. Check out Train Across the Bridge. I also enjoyed Vibrant Days. If you like these songs, you will like this album.

Popsicle - Template (CD 1992) (Swedish Pop Collection CD #3)

 

Popsicle! This is really bright, guitar driven pop. This CD kinda reminds me of the Posies' Frosting on the Beater-era. Melodic but loud guitars. Noisy but pretty. This release is listed as a mini-album on Discogs. 

Discogs has a good description of what I am hearing on this mini-album

The songs were written by Norberg and Mattsson and was initially influenced by British guitar-based shoegazer band My Bloody Valentine and Ride. Popsicle may have laid the foundations of the Swedish indie scene, but it was not until four years later as the band played through to a wider audience, that they had their biggest hit - the single "Not Forever" from the self-titled third album 

For me think more Ride than My Bloody Valentine but the description is not too far off the mark. Overall, the songs are good and if you like the last song of six, Never Know, you will enjoy the whole disc. This is worth the search! 

Track Listing:

1. ten 2. wonderful 3. blow up 4. further 5. loveflies 6. never know

The Arch Angel