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There are defining moments in the life of any band, after which nothing can ever be the same again. For Sweden's Little Dragon, it wasn't so much being asked by Damon Albarn to feature on two tracks for Gorillaz's 2010 album, Plastic Beach, or even touring with the group; it was the baggage that came with it. Literally. Singer Yukimi Nagano, keyboardist Håkan Wirenstrand, bassist Fred Källgren Wallin and drummer Erik Bodin are sitting around a table in the cafe of a horticultural garden in central Gothenburg, just across the river from their studio. "Me and Håkan were home finishing Ritual Union, our third album, and Yukimi and Fred were with Gorillaz on the US part of the tour," Bodin explains. "We eventually met up with them in San Francisco and Fred rolled in with a new, nice, green Samsonite luggage case with wheels. I was like, 'Wow! This is a new level! No more bags that fall apart. We have made it!' And he looked like he knew what he was doing with that case; he didn't seem out of his depth."
Little Dragon, who make artful and clever digital soul music, have an impeccably self-deprecating sense of humour. Today, they're amused by the idea that 18 years after Wallin, Bodin and Nagano started making music together in high school (Wirenstrand joined the band soon after), and eight years on from the release of their debut single, they suddenly look set to break big with the their fourth album, Nabuma Rubberband. "A lot of stories have come out saying we're on the verge of greatness," says Nagano, who has a Japanese father and Swedish-American mother. "It's great, and it feels like something is in the air, but it's strange to us."
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by Phil Hebblethwaite via Electronic music | The Guardian
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