Too much of a good thing? These Swedish pop-psychedelic rockers took four years to put together a sixth album that’s as expansive as their name. Unless you’re already into this band, the 24 songs might just be too much to take in all at once. But once you let it sink in, you notice how ingratiating the lead vocals of Ebbot Lundberg can be and how the band can glide effortlessly from folk rocker tunes like “Universal Stalker” to danceable pop like “The Ego Delusion.” All the while, they build their own personal wall of sound with layers of guitars and effects. Strangely, the second disc seems to have the more commercial numbers. They also manage to rock out on Nick Drake’s fragile “Fly” without betraying the bewildered romanticism of the original.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Communion
Release Date:
March 3, 2009
Label: Yep Roc Records
Label: Yep Roc Records
Table of Contents
Disc 1
| 1 | Babel On |
| 2 | Universal Stalker |
| 3 | Ego Delusion |
| 4 | Pineal Gland Hotel |
| 5 | Ra 88 |
| 6 | Second Life Replay |
| 7 | Thrill Me |
| 8 | Fly |
| 9 | Pictures of Youth |
| 10 | Mensa's Marauders (Did You?) |
| 11 | Just a Brother |
| 12 | Distorted Child |
Disc 2
| 1 | Everything Beautiful Must Die |
| 2 | F*n Who Wasn't There |
| 3 | Flipside |
| 4 | Lost Prophets in Vain |
| 5 | Songs of the Ocean |
| 6 | Digitarian Riverbank |
| 7 | Reconnecting the Dots |
| 8 | Without Warning |
| 9 | Utopia |
| 10 | Saturation Wanderers |
| 11 | Lifeline |
| 12 | Passover |










