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Before the Vivian Girls became popular and made everyone swoon over their girlie post-punk, a little band called Liechtenstein from Gothenburg, Sweden were doing the same thing. Originally formed as a four piece band back in 2005, Naemi, Elin and Renee now hold the band together without Teresa, who left after the release of their debut EP Stalking Skills. The band is now ready to release their full-length debut; titled Survival Strategies In A Modern World, it has a release date set for May 26 through Slumberland Records.

Named after the Principality of Liechtenstein, which lies in the mountains between Switzerland and Austria, the girls apparently like what the name represents. In an interview with All That Ever Mattered, Renee says “None of us have ever been there, but we like the name very much, both the sound of it and the way it is kind of associated with a very small principality with quite ‘special’ politics when it comes to bank accounts, etc. And I heard they have zero unemployment, which sounds quite surreal.”

Liechtenstein bring to mind a fuzzy guitar heavy version of The Slits, or perhaps a less experimental Vivian Girls. Their songs are based around a lot of fuzz and distortion with floating rhythms that for the most part lie in the background, behind the girls beautiful vocal harmonies. The first single from the album ‘Roses In The Park’ features a simple repetitive guitar riff that delves more into punk rock than their previous material. Some of the other songs from the album feature more of a post punk style, stripping away some of the fuzz and dropping some neat bass notes, but the vocal harmonies remain consistent throughout all their songs and add a sweet cherry to the top of their crooked punk rock.

Liechtenstein- Roses In The Park: MP3

 Liechtenstein- Myspace

 

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