Every Music blogger has his or her own pet projects. These are the artists you want to see succeed, but at the same time you don’t want them to become too popular and eclipse your tiny little site. Pet Politics was a pet project of Swedesplease and remains one to this date.
Any lack of fame for Pet Politics is directly related to the scarceness and the format of his recordings not the quality of the limited number of songs he’s recorded. For example, his new record, is just that, a vinyl record. It’s a 7″ released on the small English label The Great Pop Supplement and on top of all that it’s limited to only 300 numbered copies. Like all of Pet Politics’ (aka Magnus) other releases this one is bedroom lofi rock. Sometimes when you see “bedroom” and “lofi” in the same sentence you might think of a sort of charming-yet-coy-Bright-Eyes-twee-pop, but this is not the case with Pet Politics. Instead what you get is a forthright and strong record that hints of Lou Reed and Velvet Underground.
“Taken Away By Aliens” is pretty self-explanatory story of an alien abduction except with the twist that the couple who are taken away are overjoyed by the experience. It’s a catchy and clever song and may be one of the best Pet Politics has produced. You can buy the 7″ here or Pet Politics early ep on Catbird Records here (there’s only two left!).