Swedish duo Pallers offer blissed-out indie electro sounds that belie their melancholy lyricism. Comprised of longtime friends Johan Angergård (veteran of indie pop acts Club 8, the Legends, and Acid House Kings) and Henrik Mårtensson, the two grew up in Åhus, home of the Pallers neighborhood from which the band name is derived. Though they attended the same school and ran in the same social circles, the pair’s musical relationship didn’t begin until 2008, when they headed to Spain to record the Humdrum EP. Pallers once again let foreign vistas inspire their full-length debut, recording over the course of three years in the U.S., South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. The result was The Sea of Memories, released on Labrador in 2011. ~ Chrysta Cherrie