Not for the easily offended

Strip Squad really did quite an impression on the music scene in Sweden when they emerged out of nowhere a few years ago. With explicit lyrics, catchy melodies and bad grammar they took the lo-fi twee pop music from the fragile boys and girls and turned it into something somewhat more hardcore. I remember Dj-ing after one of their gigs about a year ago and that was really like the easiest thing ever. The crowd was exaggerated and everyone just danced all night.

Strip Squad is the kind of band that don't follow any kinds of conventions. They used to end all their concert with a sleazy cover of Christina Aguileras "Can't hold us down". The quality of their recordings are really shitty but I don't know, it doesn't really matter to me since the core of Strip Squads music consists of melodies, sex, masturbation, attitude and you know, sex.

The thing I really like is that they stole the lo-fi music from all those cry-me-a-river black haired boys and girls who "really know how it is to be different" and just did the exact opposite. Strip Squad makes music full of confidence. They are also kind of gender bender on stage (you really have to see it to understand)

I reckon most people will probably dislike this music. But I like it. If you break it down into pieces. It's just lo-fi pop with great melodies and som hilarious and explicit lyrics. It is the mix that's unfamiliar to most people, and it was certainly new to me the first time I heard them. But give them a chance. And if you don't like them right away, try the rest of the songs available on their web site.

Strip Squad - Unreliable Narrator
Strip Squad - Pervert/Expert
Strip Squad - Razor cuts
+ Myspace

- Eric