Pascal
Förbi fabriken
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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
