The Good Natured (UK) @ Hornstull Strand

We were instantly captivated by the band's amazing sound in April when a friend played Wolves (third song into the set) to us. When we first found out (via Last.FM) that they were to play Stockholm, a live stream seemed natural. Enjoy half an hour of a "catchy gothic twist on electro pop" from one of Parlophone's latest signings. Buy their music here.

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Foto: Emma Söderberg

"Good Natured is about right: she sounds like what she is, a nice Home Counties girl, and although her voice keeps drifting towards mockney, you can hear the posh, plummy tones beneath. She's a techno Dido, a Lily Allen who's given in to depression, or a Kate Nash who wants to prove herself with serious clubbers. Rose has the pounding piano of a rave tune, but this is for playing after the lights have come on and the party is over. "He's finding it hard to reach you/But one day I promise you he will," she sings, hardly believing her lines herself, and putting the dolour into disco. Meanwhile on Heart of Stone she gets as angry as a polite suburban girl can: "You destroyed everything we ever had ... You broke my heart, you made me sick inside." On How Can I Believe In You? she pushes her grandma's poor old Yamaha keyboard to the limit, sounding like a church organ playing the Prodigy at warp speed, the hearts and spots she lovingly painted on the side threatening to peel off at any moment. "I write songs about wishes, desires, hopes, secrets and love," she says, her aim to "document the make-outs, break-ups and make-ups" of her life on the fringes of London, where she's "out of sight of the millions". Mission accomplished." Guardian

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