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Swedes Please: Elisabeth & Stefan form the duo Leaving Mornington Crescent from Malmö, Sweden. I’m pretty sure that’s them kissing in the photo above. They have a 3″ split cd available on Cloudberry. Their new record is on the Peruvian indie pop label Susy Records. It’s once again a 3″ cdr but this time there are 6 new songs. Buy it now from Susy - it’s a limited edition consisting of 100 numbered copies.

From the sound of “Seventeen” the band ventured into new territory. Unlike the sunny 60’s inspired indie pop of “April Song” from the Cloudberry split cd, “Seventeen” is a rather heavy, shoegaze number with buzzing and churning guitars and a solid backbeat. Still the vocals retain the cheeriness of “April Song” with a chorus of “I’m seventeen on the inside, the only difference is…”.

Fraction Discs: “Corners”, released on Peruvian 3” CDR label Susy, is the second release from the new Swedish indiepop darlings Leaving Mornington Crescent. Following the path from their first split 3” CDR on Cloudberry, Elisabeth and Stefan deliver six tracks of beautiful, Nixon-esque, upbeat guitar pop with female vocals.

Lito Music: Seguimos en la línea del pop suave y delicado, en esta ocasión nos acercamos a Suecia, de donde son Leaving Mornington Crescent, grupo al que conocimos a raíz de un split single que publicaron en el sello Cloudberry Records junto a Pale Man Made. Eran apenas un par de canciones, pero sin duda resultaban motivo más que suficiente para sentirse esperanzado ante lo que nos podía deparar esta banda.

Este buen hacer se vio refrendado en el verano de 2009, cuando publican a través del sello peruano Susy Records su single "Corners", un disco que mantiene la dinámica del anterior, es decir, canciones sencillas y directas que no puedes dejar de escuchar una y otra vez, gracias a su sonido luminoso y amable.

En cuanto al tema del directo, han realizado alguna que otra actuación hasta la fecha, pero la más importante tendrá lugar en breve, será el 12 de diciembre dentro del festival Bubblegum Winter, que se celebrará en Glasgow y donde compartirán cartel con bandas como The Hidden Cameras o Lean Tales entre otras.

Nada más, esperemos que publiquen proximamente su álbum de debut, y podamos disfrutar de sus canciones en formato de larga duración. Mientras tanto, para que tengáis una pequeñaa muestra de su música, os dejo con una de sus canciones.

Candy Bar: Coming across bedroom pop bands from the land of Sweden is not a remarkable discovery. Yet often the strictly romantic face that is incorporated in a sensitive genre such as indie pop is simply and effectively charming. Elizabeth and Stefan is a band in love, first with each other and then with anything evoking sunny memories from the likes of Even As We Speak and Heavenly. I reckon their name is a smart reference to the Belle & Sebastian song (from “The Life Pursuit” album), but maybe the duo just likes to wander around the streets of Camden Town in London, down to Mornington Crescent street. First release was a split 3" cd single, issued by cloudberry and now it's time for their first EP; “Corners” is out on the Peruvian label Susy Records (limited edition consisting of 100 numbered copies). Song "Seventeen" is a pop delight.