Acid House Kings

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(1991 – present)

Acid House Kings is a Swedish indie pop band, founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas Angergård (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård (Club 8, Poprace). The band recorded their first songs that year and sent them only to one label, the German pop label Marsh-Marigold. A few months later their debut single “Play pop! EP” was released.

In 1992, Acid House Kings started a 10 year plan: a trilogy of albums with one album released exactly every 5th year. Each album was to be filled with catchy guitar pop songs but with new themes and a growing maturity from album to album. The first album in trilogy was the twee “Pop, Look and Listen!” released on Marsh-marigold in 1992. The album was followed by the 6-track ep “Monaco G.P.” and a European tour in 1994.

With the 2nd part of Acid House Kings album trilogy, the band wanted to create catchy quality pop (a bit like The Smiths for summmers days instead of lonely autumn nights locked up in your room). That album was “Advantage Acid House Kings”. The band changed labels for this album to Shelflife in the US and Harmony in Japan. On this album, singer Julia Lannerheim was introduced in the band as a guest singer on a couple of songs. The album was released in rather small quantities and sold out quickly. It’s now been re-released by Labrador Records.

1	This Heart is a Stone free download	601
2	Do What You Wanna Do free download	463
3	Sunday Morning free download	359
4	Say Yes If You Love Me free download	298
5	That's Because You Drive Me full track	266
6	Tonight Is Forever full track	220
7	7 days full track	217
8	London School Of Economics full track	211
9	This And That free download	196
10	I Write Summer Songs For No Reason full track	178
11	Sleeping full track	161
12	Wipe Away Those Tears full track	151
13	A Long Term Plan full track	146
14	Start Anew full track	113
15	Will You Love Me In The Morning? full track	90

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bexestabueno wrote:
Thursday evening

catchy.

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coolcat77 wrote:
Sunday morning

Oh, they don't make acid house? So everybody can choose a name like this without making this music? Like Eagles of Death Metal?

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EnekoGotzon wrote:
26 days ago

Soft. I like it. Thanks.

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banhos wrote:
last month

totaly abba euheueheuh but musicly speakin, greater, of course

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DJDReW3102 wrote:
last month

these songs infiltrate and melt your brain JUST to make you .....clap your hands along with a goofy smile on your face. haha

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AsthrayHeart wrote:
last month

Great band, but the picture of them is hideous, they are just like Abba. haha.

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jackryan wrote:
last month

they make you want to clap your hands along with a goofy smile on your face

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allieallen wrote:
last month

so catchy!

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zachwernicke wrote:
last month

catchy as all hell..fuuuck

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green-kiwi wrote:
last month

Can't believe I'm a top listener wth

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fistisfast wrote:
June 2008

more Swedish shit

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krautsocke wrote:
June 2008

wtf is this :)

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constandinos1 wrote:
June 2008

i cant find anywhere to download this band!!! aaaaah

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fergusmcphail wrote:
June 2008

<3

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DigiDan wrote:
May 2008

Electric Acid Pancake House

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CapnBob wrote:
May 2008

lol @ Mr Bondage! :) This is really quite refreshing stuff. Simon Cowell has a lot to answer for!

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JaniceC wrote:
May 2008

Woah. They DO look like ABBA! :D

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Klarka7 wrote:
April 2008

They look kind of ABBA in this picture... ;)

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blaiseantoine wrote:
April 2008

beautiful band and even more beautiful music

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b8in wrote:
April 2008

best album?

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