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  • A little mess

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    Artist: Elias & The Wizzkids

    Label: Hybris

    "The best music for me supersedes genre and classification: anything that'll evoke good memories and hope and truth in me is worth my time, no matter what the setting or backdrop. Elias & the Wizzkids is one such band. I don't even want to describe these Swedish chaps with constraining words like swing and folk and soul (all of which would be accurate though, I guess). They're just special and precious, and that should be enough.
    This stuff sounds like it's decades old, maybe a lost artifact from the singin' folksy 60s or something.
    ...I'm not one to be taken in by something as soft and pretty as Elias & the Wizzkids' music, but I've become a sucker for these guys."
    - BiBaBiDi blog

  • Young and hairy

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    Artist: Elias & The Wizzkids

    Label: Hybris

    The second single "Young and hairy" of Elias and the wizzkids album "A little less". B-side "We have changed" only available on this single. Also featuring is a calm version of Young and hairy made by Johannes Mayer.

  • The Dance EP

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    Artist: Elias & The Wizzkids

    Label: Hybris

    Elias and the wizzkids first EP "The Dance". Complete with a cover of Oasis "Wonderwall". Wonderwall, Regreat and Autumn leaves only available on this EP.

    "Elias & the Wizzkids' single "The Dance" starts out with Elias Åkesson singing about how much coffee and tea he's had to drink, which is pretty obvious from the song's jittery tempo, rushing strums, and caffeine-high piano. Only Maria Formgren's flute sounds like it's calm and collected, as if trying to keep this rowdy lot in line. "The Dance" might be called twee if it slowed down long enough; even the song's Decemberistic video features a footrace... that breaks into a soccer tournament... that breaks into a midfield dance party. Elias sings about trying to outrun some unnamed restlessness: he goes to a coffeehouse, he goes to a movie, he wanders around, he finally goes home and starts dancing his heart out. Even his neighbor's threats to call the police can't bring him down. Here's hoping he doesn't switch to decaf anytime soon. And here's to not thinking about why they're called the Wizzkids."
    - Sthephen Deusner, Pitchfork