Millencolin is on
Burning Heart Records. They are distributed in the
US by
Epitaph. They are a fairly
softcore punk band, with their first three albums being quite fast overall and with several
ska tunes and an overall
skate-punk feel. Their newest album, Pennybridge Pioneers, is slower and more
poppy/
emotional, but is still very good and has some great
songs.
Pennybridge Pioneers went
gold in
Australia, making it Millencolin's first
gold album. Millecolin got their name from the
skate trick called the "
melancholy", which they changed so that it sounded more like a
name.
Millencolin are from
Sweden and originally sung in
Swedish, though they
switched to
English before their first
album. The
singer/
songwriter has also improved in his use of
English over the years, and the newer
albums have better
grammar, though the
lyrics have been good
all along, with some
funny and some being more
thoughtful. Overall,
Millencolin is one of my favourite bands.
Discography:
Same Old Tunes/
Tiny Tunes, 1994
Life on a Plate, 1996
For Monkeys, 1998
The Melancholy Collection, 1998 (collection of B-sides, etc.)
Pennybridge Pioneers, 2000