And that’s when I discovered that I love [Aqua’s album] Aquarium. It’s the very finest in Scandinavian synth-pop dance music. It’s incredibly chipper, in a modern Abbaesque sort of way. Years ago, I went out a couple of times with a guy who had been to Sweden and he said you really couldn’t understand Abba until you’d traveled through a Scandinavian winter. I think he meant that they need that level of perkiness to keep themselves awake and sane during those endless cold nights, and I can’t help but think that Aqua was doing the same public service.
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