|| Nialler 9 ||"Cute Swedish indie-pop from Robert Church and friends. Slightly reminiscent of The Cure musically."

|| RetroLowFi || "Now, my personal favorite on the label is the fabulous Robert Church & The Holy Community. They often sound like a leaner I'm From Barcelona, with deceptively simple pop melodies that go on for days, even when the songs rarely break the three-minute mark."

|| 24 Hour Party Pooper || "The latest thing to grace me is Robert Church And The Holy Community. The bands latest release, Le Rouge (its 5th in a year) is out now on Nebraska's Series Two Records. Previous releases are on Cloudberry and Best Kept Secret. I can't express how much I love this type of simple, melodically gorgeous pop music that exists somewhere between nostalgia and timelessness. And, oh people of Sweden, how wonderful it must be to live where everyone is beautiful and, seemingly, plays in a pop band."

|| Enough Cowbell || "I know there is a common misconception that Swedes are godless pirates who are good for nothing but beautiful women, seasonal affective disorder, and boiled coffee, but it's just not true. They also produce pop music.Robert Church and the Holy Community make lo-fi pop that I really want to hate, but I can't. I definitely do not love it, but there are pieces to each of their songs that seem to rub me right."

|| The Culture Of Me || "If you've ever found yourself wondering how much you really miss groups like Teenage Fanclub (and believe us, we know that you all do), the unstoppable kids over at Series Two Records (just take a look at their roster for God's sakes) have you covered. Stockholm's Robert Church and the Holy Community sound an awful lot like the answer to that impending question: how does one make the perfect pop song?"

|| Quarterlifeparty || "Good band out of Stockholm, Sweden that has just released their first LP "Le Rouge" last month via Series Two Records. Judging by the three songs I have posted below, it will warrant a full listen with it's really catchy, unique style of the simple indie-pop song. There are gentle vocals layering over simple repetitions of driving guitar lines. My favorite of the three is "Train to Asia" with some hooky dischord that you might compare to Stephen Malkmus (especially in the wordless chorus)."

|| To Die By Your Side || "Next up is Robert Church And The Holy Community, a band from Sweden who are so indie it hurts. Twee, bookish types who sound like they'd blow over if the wind blew in their direction. It's the kind of music that just brings a smile to your face. If you like thick rimmed spectacles, cardigans, reading books in the park and songs that make you want to skip, you'll love them."

|| What To Wear During An Orange Alert? || "Swedish band Robert Church and The Holy Community play quick and quirky little pop songs that float along almost with out notice. However, if you enjoy pop that clocks in a 1:50, or need a song to squeeze onto the end of that mixtape you should give them a listen."

|| FensePost || "A name like Robert Church And The Holy Community makes one thing of a deep gospel-centered vocalist—like a pre rock 'n roll Elvis. Yet Church and his clan are anything but. Following down the lines of fellow label darlings Springfactory and Tafra for their light twee-like pop, Robert Church's melodies are crafted pleasantly with pop-filled twee. And, as is common with Series II, Church hails from Sweden. The album takes a few songs to get into, but that's nothing to worry about. Le Rouge is a blend of catchy pop tunes like "Enter The Dragon" and the title track, and haunting songs such as "Grandma's Gold", where the pop subsides for a momentary lapse into darkness before closing out the album with another pop gem, "Cannibal". With Le Rouge it is once again apparent that Series II has found another viable twee-pop act."

|| JP's Blog || "…Their sound is comparable to the lo-fi twee pop done by Belle & Sebastian in their earlier records…"

|| IndiePages || "Here's another fine Swedish band on the Series Two label, as well as another past Demo of the Week! After a self-released EP, a cassette on Best Kept Secret and a Cloudberry EP, this is their first full-length album (and to make it even lengthier, they tacked on the "Low At The Disco" EP that appeared on the BKS cassette). The band's sound is kinda lo-fi, but kept pretty stripped clean without many extraneous noises, sounding like a hybrid of the Radio Dept and the Furtips. The guitars are generally distortion-free and most of the songs feature keyboard melodies while the gentler ones like "Eye In The Clouds" or "Grandmas Gold" put the keyboard (or piano in the latter's case) in the starring role. The older songs from the EP are all set to a drum machine, but most of the album tracks use live drums. Though the music makes them appear somewhat serious, their playful side comes out in the lyrics, particularly in songs like "Pimpin" or "SA10/UFO". Pleasant bedroom pop! MTQ=14/16"

|| Take The Pills' Multiply || "Robert Church and The Holy Community are a Stockholm based band and plays an indie pop lo-fi sound with perfect pop melodies, great harmony and gentle vocals. If you like Belle and Sebastian, Sebadoh or Radio Dept. you will like them, i can even tell that they seems a bit of Rogue Wave specially on their earlier works. With two singles on Cloudberry Records, RC & THC released their first full length album this month called 'Le Rouge' on Series Two. "

|| The Lemur Blog || "I made a quick longest bandname competition: Robert Church And The Holy Community: 31 letters Suburban Kids With Biblical Names: 29 letters"

|| Indie Noise ||"Sometimes bands that pop up from the My Space garden of new bands are so new that there is very little information about them, like Robert Church and the Holy Community for example. Apart from being made up of two Swedes, Joel and Richard, and that they have very good humor, because I cannot believe that their main influcense are Östen Varnebring, Nanne Grönwall, and early Lill Lindfors. If you are Swedish you will get my point..."

|| FensePost ||"A name like Robert Church And The Holy Community makes one thing of a deep gospel-centered vocalist—like a pre rock ‘n roll Elvis. Yet Church and his clan are anything but. Following down the lines of fellow label darlings Springfactory and Tafra for their light twee-like pop, Robert Church’s melodies are crafted pleasantly with pop-filled twee. And, as is common with Series II, Church hails from Sweden. The album takes a few songs to get into, but that’s nothing to worry about. Le Rouge is a blend of catchy pop tunes like "Enter The Dragon" and the title track, and haunting songs such as "Grandma's Gold", where the pop subsides for a momentary lapse into darkness before closing out the album with another pop gem, "Cannibal". With Le Rouge it is once again apparent that Series II has found another viable twee-pop act."

|| Eardrums Music Blog ||"Robert Church & The Holy Community is a Swedish lo-fi popband based in Stockholm. They are currently on the cd-r label Series Two records, and have earlier released music on the great Cloudberry Records and on the Italian Cassette-only label Best Kept Secret. In february, they released their debut album called Le Rogue. I haven’t heard the album yet, but the 3 songs I have received so far sound really good. Another thing that makes me like this band instantly, is that they name one of the world’s most underrated bands ever, Ultra Vivid Scene, as their influences on myspace. Any band that’s inspired by Ultra Vivid Scene gets my immediate attention…"

|| NIALER 9 Blog ||"Cute Swedish indie-pop from Robert Church and friends. Slightly reminiscent of The Cure musically."

|| Just Another Pop Song ||"Difficile che una band passi inosservata con un nome come Robert Church and The Holy Community, anche se poi bisogna spiegare ai curiosi che no, non si tratta di gospel o christian rock, ma di purissimo e laicissimo indie-rock, prodotto nelle cantine di Stoccolma. Anticipato da un mini ep sull'americana Cloudberry, l'album di debutto Le Rouge esce per la Series Two Records, di stanza in Nebraska (!), a testimonianza di una propensione più statunitense che europea. Tanto che viene da pensare che forse, almeno idealmente, i Nostri stanno seguendo le tracce ancora fresche del piccolo successo pop di Peter Bjorn & John, cui la musica del duo stoccolmese assomiglia parecchio, pur in una dimensione (per ora) volutamente lo-fi. I pezzi di Robert Church (ben 16 nell'album!) mirano tutti ad un'essenzilità indie-rock che raramente travalica i tre minuti di durata, vivono di melodie oblique alla Pavement o alla Sebadoh (in alcuni episodi sembra davvero di sentire la mano di Lou Barlow) di presa sicura ma non immediata, e alternano episodi più nervosi e dinamici, trapuntati da tastierine casio, ad atmosfere più morbide, dove gli innesti di strumenti diversi e di un soffio di elettronica sono calcolati con sapienza e gusto (Eye in the clouds e Grandmas gold per esempio). Insomma, un piccolo gioiellino prodotto a costo zero, da non perdere se vi sono piaciuti, ad esempio, i dischi di Lacrosse, Springfactory o Jonas Game."

|| It's Not The Bands I Hate, It's Their Fans ||"The excellent CD-R label Series Two Records sent a whole whack of releases from their roster, and they all display that lo-fi Swedish indie sound that I enjoy so. There are several really good ones, and a couple that I didn't enjoy as much but I thought the first one that I would blog about is Robert Church and the Holy Community. The band was formed in 2006 by Joel & Rickard, who wrote and recorded all the music. Anders and Tobbe round out the rest of the band, and I think that they're another band that is impossible not to enjoy if you're a fan of good quality pop music, especially the perfect pop provided by our Swedish friends. Right from the get-go, the CD reels you in with a very catchy musical hook, that reminds me of a sweeter version of Sebadoh styled 90's college rock. I also highly recommend them to fans of Belle and Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub. Songs like "Mr. Silent" and "Tale Of A King" are great, the former showing a slightly aggressive side while the latter is much more passive, both working to great effect. The CD contains 16 songs and at 43 minutes, it still flies by nice and quickly."

|| Kroto Music ||"Robert Church and the Holy Community is a swedish lo-fi pop band living in Stockholm. Formed in 2006,that year, RC&HC recorded their first EP Low at the Disco followed by the next EP called the The Live Sessions. In early 2007, indie cassette-label Best Kept Secret released both as a double EP. They have played gigs in Stockholm and did a small UK tour playing the Indietracks Festival outside of Nottingham. A new mini-tour to UK is comming up this spring, plus a full-length release on Series Two Records early this year."

|| Fazer Magazine ||"Le Rouge is another Series Two Records handmade and numbered album. Robert Church and The Holy Community are a group that perform short, riff-driven lo-fi rock and pop songs. You can hear very eclectic influences of everything from Thrush Hermit/ Joel Plaskett, to They Might Be Giants, Pavement/ Stephen Malkmus & Jicks/ Silver Jews, to MC Lars, Radiohead and The Flaming Lips to Kraftwerk. The album plays off like Apollo 18, it can either be enjoyed as laid out on the CD, or just as part of your mp3 collection, played on random. Le Rouge is sure to get you singing along and really digging on this rare gem, limited to 300 copies. "

|| Bluesbunny independent Music Reviews ||"A band from Sweden released on a label based in Nebraska? That band would be Robert Church & the Holy Community and that label would be Series Two Records. A quick inspection of the track listing uncovers a song "Rabbit in a Roll" - Bluesbunny appeal straight away. First impressions are of another collection of indie pop fizz powered by the ubitquous drum machine. Nicely done with some neat guitar riffs, this album does not immediately grab you. Then, after a couple of plays, the lyrics got to the Bluesbunny. "SA10/UFO" has to be the first love song to use metaphorical references to a surface to air missile. Definitely something interesting going on here. "Steve" continually threatens to overcome the flat production and become an epic drive time favourite. It's a catchy song. The title track - "Le Rouge" - is quite mellow but manages to present a certain majesty much like Sir Elton used to do before he became obsessed with solutions to male pattern baldness. As for the aforementioned "Rabbit on a Roll", well, this song comes across as something of a psychedelic poem with the minimalist arrangement reinforcing that not quite on the same plane of reality feel. Standout track was the "Tale of a King". A song destined for greatness, it sounds so much bigger than its sonic limitations. There is value for money here too with no less than 16 tracks filling up the album. No shortage of melody or intelligent and imaginative lyrics either even if it gets obscured sometimes in a lo-fi fog. That said, there is much to enjoy here so open your ears to this one and let it grow on you."