Stockholm

Taken in a period just shy of 48 hours, the following pictures are of a recent jaunt in Sweden's vibrant capital, Stockholm. A place that thrives from comfortable contrasts - where ornate medieval architecture seem just at home as their modernist counterparts - it's not surprising that it effortlessly presents forward thinking with a classic charm. The city's thumping heartbeat however does not lie with its buildings, but rather its inhabitants, who's progressive nature of Nordic cool ensure they are just as beautiful as Stockholm itself.

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Hotel Mexico

'It's twinkle' by Hotel Mexico is one of those songs that come along every so often, which leaves you feeling pensive and exhilarated simultaneously in one rather confusing four minute block. Having mastered and precision-layered their instruments in an orderly chaos, the psychedelic tones hint at themes of euphoria and nostalgia, whilst the constant energetic tempo may leave the listener in store for a shock, as they are abruptly dropped off at the silence of the end.

Hotel Mexico - Its Twinkle by Second Royal Records

Also check out 'Do You Do You HAIA', a track that didn't make the cut of the new album His Jewelled Letter Box. Whilst not as striking as 'It's twinkle', they've stuck to their progressive ethos whilst presenting a lot more of a cultural sound, which if anything to go by, is a promise of exciting things from a band that thrives on experimentation.

Hotel Mexico - Do you Do you HAIA by Second Royal Records

Photo courtesy of Hotel Mexico's Myspace