In 2006, Samuraj Cities’ Cheap Deluxe was my favourite record.
In 2007: Promise & the Monster’s Transparent knives.
In 2008: Paddington DC’s Love is Leukemia.
In 2009: Dear Euphoria’s Heal my violence.
In 2010: my fav one is Masshysteri’s Masshysteri.
Masshysteri
My review of this album : here.
To get the album : here or there.
Mp3 : Masshysteri – Dom kan inte höra musiken
Masshysteri – Låt dom hata oss (acoustic live version)
Masshysteri – Johnny B. Goode (cover Halloween live version)
When the question came to pick my favourite album of 2010, it was actually not that difficult Masshysteri is the record I played the most in my ipod this year and I do not even switch songs! By the way, fuck your slow songs: you will not find here any “I play rock n’ roll but I can be tender like Scorpions too” tunes. Masshysteri is not the kind of band that claims like Franz Ferdinand their music has been made “to make the girls dance”. That is not the point. In Umeå, the Swedish little town where those guys are from, one does not make punk music for girls. They just play fast, with anger and anxiety tunes, for boys, girls, animals, vegetables, aliens or whatever. Just for the hell of it. Because it’s fun. And nevermind the bollocks.
One question remains though: what’s next? Is it true? Is Masshysteri really dead? A split or a hiatus? Will they be back on tracks together? Will we see them again somewhere in some other bands? Many questions. Only one single answer: the album Masshysteri made in 2010 is a classic within the Swedish music scene for at least the next ten years.
–> PS
Good question. It is my number 11 actually!
I love this record but I think their tune "We're not gonna make it" is such a brilliant song (maybe even their best ever) that it makes the rest of the album a litlle bit less convincing. However, as I said, the whole piece is really good.
I guess a top ten list is kind of absurd and leaves some great records out of the short list.
BQ remains my favourite Swedish band though.
What about BQs Monty Python?