Photo by Anthon Unger

While I was in Finland, I got to spend a lot of time hanging out with Dan from Friendly Fire Recordings. In addition to being good company from back home, he also hipped me to a handful of albums he was putting out. The one that immediately grabbed me was the Danish band Oh No Ono.

MP3: Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior
Can shoegaze be really poppy? I mean, like fuzzy/wandering, but really catchy at the same time. I guess as long as you can take LSD and heroin at the same time, the combination can exist. Oh No Ono have managed to combine the delicate intricacy of so many pop groups with the droney power of the fun side of shoegaze. Sounds like a mess, but it really isn’t. In fact, it sounds like they’ve got it together more than most of us. Eggs is a fantastic record and this isn’t even close to being the only good song on there — the whole thing is a gem.

Oh No Ono on Myspace

Check below to see/hear Oh No Ono cover Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes.”

Oh No Ono cover Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes”