The Floor Is Made of Lava
All juice no fruit
Tabu Records
This oh-so-hyped trio from Copenhagen, Denmark relies on energetic indiepop with the basic elements that follow. Taking their name from an episode of The Simpsons and naming their songs "Told her I'm from Compton" and "Tango in my tummy", it's obvious that they're not taking themselves too seriously. And that itself is liberating, but you got to have the music to back it up. Where bands like Quit Your Dayjob go full circle in their craziness, it feels like "All juice no fruit" is a manufactured article. The band is apparently the next huge, up-and-coming act in Denmark and I can see why. This easygoing pop music is not for the brain, but for your feet and they're great for the indie dance floor. Sort of like a Danish b-version of Franz Ferdinand, and that's a compliment. "Sucker love" and "IKEA did a job on you" are nice, poppy numbers, but you need more than handful semi-hits to convince me. This is not for me. At all.
- Jonas Appelqvist
