Big news for American fans of Swedish indie rock today from Parasol: in-house label Hidden Agenda has confirmed that they have signed The Wannadies and will release their latest record "Before and After" on October 21 in the US. But that's not all! In conjunction with Sweden's A West Side Fabrication, Parasol's Jim Kelly will begin his 'four month sermon on the second coming' aka the American import of The Bear Quartet. First up will be "Moby Dick" and its related EPs in August, followed by the "Early Years" compilation. Then "Personality Crisis", "My War" and EPs in September. October will be "Gay Icon", "Ny Vag" and EPs with the forthcoming "Angry Brigade" crossing the seas in November. After that, who knows?