We covered Beagle’s first album, “Sound On Sound”, back in February (https://www.whiterabbitrecords.co.uk/blog/read_205380/20234-albums-thing-265-beagle-sound-on-sound.html) and here’s their second. Beagle were a Swedish alt.pop band formed in Lund in the early 90’s is the short intro. I got hooked thanx to mix tapes/CD’s swapped twixt a group of friends across the globe.

Great pop songs in a style not a million miles different to that record “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” but so much, MUCH better than that, is where they are at. “Nothing Counts For More”, “When I Speak Your Name”, “It Ain’t You”, “Hills And Valleys” and particularly the rollicking “Nine Out Of Ten” are all joyous pop singalongs played on acoustics, mandolins, banjos and screeching harmonicas (there’s electric instruments too).

As non-native English speakers there are some delightfully odd rhymes in the lyrics (try “I walked the streets up to her house, Every garden, now well most, Has a holder, carrying com-post” !) but you forgive them that for the quality of the songs. Same applies as back in February, Beagle always put a smile on my face when I hear them and that can’t be a bad thing.

Nine Out Of Ten - https://youtu.be/zXuZN-6kJbo?si=U4NTxuj15P2SM6gK