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Cash 3:12 02. There Is A Light That Soon Goes Out 3:42 03. Summer In The City (Living Is For Somebody Else) 2:41 04. Riding The Waves 2:58 05. In Love With Myself (Feat. Elin Berlin) 2:46 06. Diamonds 2:03 07. Say What? 2:30 08. Space Jam 2:37 09. Motorway 1:47 10. The Phone Call (Feat. Kristina Borg) 2:50 11. Automan 1:45 12. Midnight Sun 3:15 13. Roses 3:48 14. Cocaine (Feat. Maria Usbeck) 2:45 15. City Lights 2:53 16. Messages (Feat. Rose Suau) 2:23 ┌────────┐ ────┤ Notes ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── └────────┘ The Legends are one of several indie pop projects masterminded by Swedish producer/musician Johan Angergard, whose other bands include the Acid House Kings, Eternal Death, Djustin and Club 8. Initially conceived as a fuzzy, gutsy indie pop act (something like a rougher, fierier version of the Acid House Kings), the group made its live debut in 2003 as an opening act for The Radio Dept. Their first EP, "There And Back Again", was released on Labrador one year later, and was quickly followed up by the full-length "Up Against The Legends". Angergard took The Legends in a new direction for their sophomore effort; 2005's "Public Radio" found the Legends dipping into a reverb-swathed sound modeled after post-punk acts like The Cure and New Order. The Legends have taken so many left turns in their long and sporadic career that it's all but impossible in 2017 to recognize them as the same band that recorded the noise pop classic "Up Against The Legends" in 2003. Under the stewardship of Angergard, the band has done 80s new wave, slick synth pop, breezy indie pop, and, on 2015's "It's Love", the kind of modern synth-led R&B that threatened to take over the indie world. Now, on "Nightshift", Angergard has gone full Moroder, suiting up and playing his keyboards like he was driving a car at night through rain-slicked streets. Not exactly the same way that bands like Chromatics and Electric Youth did for the Drive soundtrack, but it wouldn't be a shock if he made a quick study of that influential artifact at some point along the way. Along with the squelchy synth tones, fat bass notes, robotic drums, and glossy washes of sound, he feeds his vocals through vocoders and processing to give it that nice alien feel. Guest vocalists Elin Berlin of Eternal Death, Red Sleeping Beauty's Kristina Borg, and Maria Usbeck all show up to duet with Angergard and provide some sweetness to go along with his machine-driven vocals. It may not sound like the most original direction for the project - maybe even a little cliched - but there are mitigating factors. First and foremost is Angergard's knack for writing hooks. It doesn't matter what style he tries out, the songs are always there and "Nightshift" is filled with memorable tunes, cute little chord changes, and lyrics that hint at the alienation the synths make clear. He's also a master at absorbing sounds and influences and making them seem like his own ideas. So when he jacks the Jonzun Crew (or is it Newcleus?) on "Space Jam", he gives it a melodic twist that makes it pure Angergard. Even when he strays a little off course, like on "Cocaine", which sounds like Lorde on downers, there's enough of his own personality and skill to make it work. Only the cover of the Chainsmokers' "Roses" doesn't succeed, and that's mostly because you can't polish something that refuses to be polished. Remove that song and the album instantly improves. Cut the album's running order a bit - at 16 songs and 44 minutes it does begin to drag a bit at the end - and it would be a very good record. As is it, it's good and fun, and stands as yet another example of just how easy it is for Angergard to drop into a style and make it his. ┌────────┐ ────┤ Group ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── └────────┘