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From: "jimsouls" <JIMSOULS@aol.com>

> When I joined this list back in 1998, there was quite a buzz around
> Swedish pop bands. I've got the Mop Tops' "Ground Floor Man" from 
> this
> year and last year's Drowners album.
> What other recent Swedish pop discs are worth seeking out?

They're from Norway, not Sweden, but the new Deleted Waveforms 
Gathering disc on Rainbow Quartz, BABY WARFARE, is quite swell. 
Scandinavian pop heads surely remember Oyvind Holm's old band the 
Dipsomaniacs, and this has a similar psych-pop vibe.

S