Hit The Waves (Labrador) is the new album from the Mary Onettes. It’s the long-awaited third full-length from the Gothenburg, Sweden, quartet, and it largely abandons the soaring pop that was the band’s hallmark on its 2007 self-titled debut and 2009’s Islands. Those albums earned the quartet comparisons to the Cure and Echo & The Bunnymen, although polished with a modern synth-pop sheen. Hit The Waves draws likewise from the ’80s, but instead of tuneful post-punk, it deliberately echoes some less trendy sources. The Mary Onettes—brothers Philip and Henrik Ekström, Petter Agurén and Simon Fransson—will be guest editing magnet magazine.co all week. Read our brand new feature on them.
Philip Ekström: This is a very nice synthesizer from the ’80s. It was released 1984. When Yamaha’s DX7 had become huge, Roland tried to do something better and produced the JX-8P. We used it quite a lot on Hit The Waves. For example, the intro song of the album is based on the “soundtrack” patch and an acoustic grand piano. The soundtrack patch is also used on “Evil Coast.” Many bands has used the JX8P through the years. For example, Kate Bush and Vangelis.
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