KACIA – Bonds

“Yes, all right. For once, I’m convinced.“

Tim: KACIA are a new Swedish duo, citing as their musical heroes Max Martin and ABBA; if I could only pick two musical heroes I’d definitely choose Max for one, and ABBA would be on the shortlist for the other, so I’m all set to love this before I even press play.

Tim: And gosh, I really do like that a lot. Probably not as much as I would a Max Martin-produced ABBA track, mind, but it’s got some great elements to it.

Tom: That’s one of the most promising intros we’ve heard for a while. There are a lot of classic pop notes in there: the percussion that kicks in half way through the first verse, the woah-ohhs.

Tim: It reminds me of a few artists, or at least a mix of some – Robyn’s in there for the vocals, a bit of Alphabeat for the instruments and general sense of fun – so basically it’s a mix of some of the best acts we’ve seen over the past many years.

Tom: I wasn’t sold on it until that proper, old-school exit from the middle eight. Yes, all right. For once, I’m convinced.

Tim: High praise indeed. I really, really like this, and I’m very, very much keeping an eye out for more from them.