prettopop
n.— «Swedish trio Kamprads most often sound like LA’s Mellowdrone on their 2006 debut, Thoughts Never Released. Dark and slick drum beats and synths matched with the emo crooning of singer Skanfors even has the band admitting its own pretentiousness (they call themselves “prettopop,” Swedish slang for “pretentious pop”). » —“Critic’s Choice for the week of December 13-19, 2006″ East Bay Express (Emeryville, California) Dec. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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