Broder Daniel - 'Out Of This Town'

The album cover of Broder Daniel's Cruel Town. Broder Daniel came from nowhere and changed the Swedish indie landscape when they did: poppy and weird tracks that upset the sensibilities of those usually accustomed to Swedish bands like The Cardigans and Eggstone at the time was a lovely thing and a breath of fresh air. Their first single is 'Cadillac': Obviously, with Henrik Berggren as the front of the band, things could have gone any way. It could perhaps mainly have gone south fairly quickly, and the band could have vanished. Instead, their next single, 'Luke Skywalker', propelled them into faint Swedish indie rock stardom, quickly gathering real fanatics who dressed and made up their faces just like Berggren. The songs were guitar-driven, melodic, and the lyrics melancholic; paired with a world-class live performance drive, the package made Broder Daniel legendary on the Swedish music scene. Two albums followed the first, further propelling the band into a modern-day myth,…