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" Now that Sweden has cornered the market on exporting affordable yet stylish housewares, it seems the country&amp;#039;s focus has shifted to rock bands. In recent years, American audiences have embraced bands like The Hives and The Concretes, and every week, another oddball Swedish rock outfit makes an American music blogger squeal with joy. (See &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m From Barcelona&amp;quot; for more details.) Add Cut City to the list. Their latest album, Exit Decades, made a stateside splash last month, when it was released on the preeminent L.A. hipster label Gold Standard Labs. Unlike other trendy Swedes, Cut City eschews matching outfits and gimmicky songs for straight-ahead post-punk reminiscent of Jawbox. But what is it about Sweden that produces so many bands? Cut City frontman Max Hansson doesn&amp;#039;t think there&amp;#039;s anything special in the water. &amp;quot;People will argue that Sweden is no more a source of great music than it is a reeking cesspool of people collecting welfare to pursue their oh-so artistic careers and feed their peroxide habits,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Swedish people are not heirs of anything that can be remotely associated with inevitable success. Our gene pool is as mediocre as any other. Due to ignorance and arrogance, though, we tend to believe the hype that surrounds the Swedish music export industry.&amp;quot; This song is no longer available. Please visit Cut City&amp;#039;s Website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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