Novoton has posted a couple new videos for free download:

01. Existensminimum - Changing lines
02. Pascal - Jonnie

Photo: Henrik was recently updated with new pics from Irene, Pascal and The Kid: http://www.photohenrik.com/

Photo: Henrik is updated with new pics of Irene and Pascal: http://www.photohenrik.com/

Pascal
Förbi fabriken
Novoton

I should really like this, you know – I should like it a lot –it's super charming, energetic, it has Swedish lyrics, attitude, and a dirty and raw sound that makes me blush and think of Jesus & the Mary Chain. I've tried and tried to like it, but I've come to the conclusion that Pascal are to me another band where style overshadows any real substance, "Förbi fabriken" lacks a key ingredient – good songs. I feel a bit sorry for Pascal, they've got their heart in the right place, but I can't help to think of them as way too puerile and – in places - plain embarrassing. They're the embodiment of the band that you go and see when you're a kid at the local youth club that put on a great show and who all the girls fall in love with, but then they never go anywhere and they'll loose the girls' attention, since their songs are all crap. Call me posh if you like, but I'm going to stick with Mattias Alkberg BD and pass on this one.
- Simon Tagestam

New mp3 today from Pascal, a Swedish throwback to the big guitar-heavy alt-rock bands of the 90s. Y'know, bands like The Pixies or Throwing Muses. I've always been kind of lukewarm about that stuff (my tastes lean more towards the more discordant, AmRep/Touch & Go-esque bands of that era), but Pascal has been getting tons of rave reviews so I figure there's gotta be something to it, right? Well, it's still taking some time to grow on me but I'm gonna throw it out there anyhow 'cuz it isn't always all about me. If you do like though, let me encourage you buy the whole record.

MP3: Pascal - Förbi fabriken

New mp3 today from Pascal, a Swedish throwback to the big guitar-heavy alt-rock bands of the 90s. Y'know, bands like The Pixies or Throwing Muses. I've always been kind of lukewarm about that stuff (my tastes lean more towards the more discordant, AmRep/Touch & Go-esque bands of that era), but Pascal has been getting tons of rave reviews so I figure there's gotta be something to it, right? Well, it's still taking some time to grow on me but I'm gonna throw it out there anyhow 'cuz it isn't always all about me. If you do like though, let me encourage you buy the whole record.

Pascal - Förbi fabriken

Pascal's new album "Förbi fabriken" is now available as a paid download: [click here]

Pascal has posted a new song for download: http://www.kyssmig.com/sounds/pascal_forbi_fabriken.mp3

Pascal has slightly revamped their website: http://www.kyssmig.com/

Top 10s for 2005: Daggan Stamenkovic (Novoton/Klicktrack)

Download a demo version of the track "Hungrigt hjärta" ("Hungry heart") from recent Novoton signees Pascal: http://www.kyssmig.com/sounds/pascal_hungrigt_hjarta.mp3
The band is described by their label as a mix of The Cramps, Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, and Spacemen 3 with a bit with Ebba Grön. The debut album comes out in November.

Novoton Records (Antennas/Existensminimum/Black Belt) has announced the signing of Pascal. Look for their debut album to be released this coming fall.