The Merrymakers - Bubblegun (1998)

Swedish songwriting duo who made amazingly catchy and rocking powerpop, sorta in the vein of the La's and other britpop acts, but with more of an edge (and, you know, not British); this is their second and apparently last album, and since its release they've been working on producing music instead of making it, which is a shame, because this is a quite a lovely little piece of late-90s sunniness

Big thanks go out to Meghin for cluing me in to this band's existence; also, if anyone knows where I could find their first album and could point me in that direction, I would be a very happy blogger

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