We & Lisa CD #60: We & Lisa - Dreams Within A Dream CD

Release date: March 31, 2009
300 copies pressed.

  1. Let The Wind (Take You Back)
  2. Keep Your Eyes Wide Open
  3. Ana
  4. Fallin'
  5. Ana (Reprise)
  6. Goddess Of Lust
  7. C'mon C'mon
  8. A Love Strong As Ours
  9. Too Close For Comfort
  10. When You're A Boy
  11. Dream Sequence/She Is On Your Mind
  12. Dreams (outro)
 

|| Indiepages ||"This disc collects a dozen songs from this Swedish group, which have been released by the band themselves on several cd-r EPs over the past few years. Many of their songs fall in a discopop vein that sounds somewhere between Pet Shop Boys ("Ana", the band's most recent single, is the perfect example of this, and a great track, to boot) and the times when the Field Mice went electropop (with the same mixed effect). Other times, they sound like a number of mid-'80s British groups, like the Lilac Time and Trash Can Sinatras, mixing jangly guitars and a multitude of effects and electronics. The sound can be a bit much in the production department sometimes, but usually not distractingly so; "C'mon C'mon" and "Fallin'" both have very annoying vocal effects, though I still like the latter tune. "Too Close For Comfort" is one of the few songs that doesn't sound over-produced, instead sounding like something that would've been released on Sunday Records directly in between singles from the Pristines and the Proctors. Overall, this is a fine collection of gentle pop songs! MTQ=10/12”

|| A Pleasant Dream ||"Sigo con otro grupo sueco que se estrena con su primer disco. WE AND LISA son Petter Hartman Magnusson (vocal), Ante Andersson (guitarra), Doc Ron (teclados y programación) y Johan Langberg (batería). En este "Dreams Within A Dream" aparece su último ep "Anna" (2008) y otros tantos temas de sus seis eps anteriores. Practican un synth-pop con influencias de grupos como The Magnetic Fields o The Left Bank.”

|| PARTYCMYK ||"Swedish group We & lisa seem to have ticked all of the above (accept having any decent promo shots which they don’t, hence a pic of Wendy & Lisa!) Even better, it seems their keyboardist Doc Ron has a deft ear for the cosmic. His remix of ladyhawke is recommended. The We & Lisa album "Dreams Within A Dream” was released on March 31 2009 on the Nebraska label Series Two Records. "

|| Robotdancemusic.com ||"Singer Petter and Doc Ron met in 2003 in the Swedish soccer team Doolittle BK. Petter played Doc Ron a few of his songs and the latter was so impressed that he instantly felt that the two of them just had to form a pop group. Which they did. The goalie Ante soon brought his guitar and the band We & Lisa was a reality. In May 2004 the guys released their first D.I.Y. E.P. C’mon C’mon. In December 2006 the band’s very first live gig took place at Blekingska nationen in Lund. The retrospective album Dreams Within A Dream is released on Series Two Records on March 31 2009. More info in the discography section below."