As the increasing demand for the return of brazenly sculpted rock stars makes the front pages of network television, one must keep a skeptic’s eye in order to filter out the perfectly formulated scent of teen spirit. That said, may I be the first to present you with Nine Times The Same Song, the debut album of Swedish indie-pop group Love Is All. The album is as fast-paced and wrathful as garage rock can be. The group possesses an angst with a touch of up-tempo flair that gets you to shake your booty along with that rubberneck jerk of whom you’re so fond.

The group sidesteps the masculine howl of rebellion with female vocalist Josephine Olausson’s sharp, phone-booth snarl of a voice. Whether in the mood for a chorus gathering or an intimate confession, Josephine paints each song like a neurotic romantic by slapping streaks of black on every square inch of white. It’s a good thing her bedroom is a good subject for the group’s joy for titillating — if not sexy — beats of electric rage. Tucked between the rhythmic flaps of their newly earned wings, Josephine’s voice shrieks for attention on the quick ones, and settles for pillow talk on the others. In short, Love Is All blows reverberated kisses in the hopes of winning a few lively sighs from the apathetic expressions littering the modern music landscape.

(4 Stars)