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The Social Services first single an indictment of Sweden

The Social Services first single off their forthcoming LP was released today via their London based label Stereo Test Kit. It’s an pretty stark indictment of Swedish society. The song is called The Baltic Sea and it compares the Swedish people to that cold barren sea, while at the same time complimenting the country on it’s “furniture and storage solutions”.

I’ve written about “Baltic Sea” before so I also include the album track “The Final Countdown” below. The new record is called It’s Nothing Personal, It’s National Security and is out Oct. 6.

The Baltic Sea

Bonus:

The Final Countdown

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Comments to “The Social Services first single an indictment of Sweden”

  1. adrienne says:
    September 24, 2008 at 5:51 am

    i really like The Baltic Sea even though I've never been to Sweden. the social services rock!

  2. dexxbot says:
    September 26, 2008 at 6:26 am

    i hate 'gimmick', 'novelty', 'ironic', 'kitsch', 'knowing' and 'arch' in a cover version. i like The Final Countdown a lot. brilliant in fact. tack, swedesplease.

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