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Laakso is tagged as: swedish, indie, indie pop, pop, alternative

Laakso is a Swedish pop group with Finnish influences, vocal harmony and a harmonic guitar-work. The band consists of Markus Krunegård, Lars Skoglund, David Nygård and Mikael Fritz.
In the fall of 1999 at a lunch canteen of the university outside of Uppsala, Sweden, Markus was humming to a Belle & Sebastian song so that David could hear him. It was enough to convince that the chasm between an indie-nerd who didn’t care enough and a vegan who wanted only to demonstrate could in fact be bridged. Later they moved in together and formed LAAKSO. The name LAAKSO and the fact that the band exclusively sang in Finnish when they first formed is due to David’s both parents and Markus’ mother all coming from Tornedalen (Tornionjokilaakso, Laakso meaning valley).
After resolutely searching amongst the students of Uppsala they found Micke, a dungeons and dragons fanatic from Gotland (an island on the East coast of Sweden) who liked Guns & Roses and loved to play bass; and Jonathan, the drummer. Jonathan developed stage fight and was replaced a few days before the recording of their debut EP - Long beach EP - by Lars, a carefree lad with passion for funk.
Things developed at a steady pace and LAAKSO made new friends. David and The Citizens and The Conc...
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Top 10 Laakso Songs
High Drama
Aussie Girl
Västerbron
Norrköping
Nick Drake
Fight the Fight
Worst Case Scenario
Demon
Dropout
Hang Me In The Christmas Tree
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Top 10 Laakso Albums
I Miss You, I'm Pregnant
My Gods
High Drama
Mother Am I Good Looking?
Aussie Girl
Västerbron & Vampires
Aussie Girl - EP
Long Beach - EP
In My Blood
I Miss You, I´m Pregnant
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