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Swedish indie pop band
the Confusions comprise singer/guitarist
Mikael Andersson-Knut, guitarist Patrik Engstrom, bassist
Magnus Jonsson, keyboardist Zarah Edstrom and drummer
Mattias Lofstrom. The group debuted in 1993 with "Split!," one half of a split single recorded with the band Funny Farm; a tour followed, after which
the Confusions issued the EP Forever, scoring a hit with the track "All Dressed Up." Teaming with producer
Arvid Lind (better known as a member of
Popsicle), they recorded the full-length
Being Young in 1995;
the Cardigans'
Peter Svensson helmed the follow-up, 1996's Everyone's Invited, which launched the hit "Steroid Hearts."
Six-O-Seven, also produced by
Svensson, followed two years later. After a four-year silence the group returned in 2002 with a new producer,
Pontus Frisk, and a new album,
Trampoline.
Window EP,
Don't Let the World Catch You Crying EP, and
Imagination EP followed in 2004 and 2005, and a fifth long-player, 5 AM, which included a few selections from those EPs, arrived in 2006. The following year saw both
The Pilot EP and the softer (but not acoustic)
It Sure Looks Like the Confusions But It Sounds More Acoustic. Another full-length,
The Story Behind the Story, was released in 2008, and their eighth LP, A Permanent Marker, came a year later. The group's steady release schedule hit a bump in the 2010s with their first release of the decade coming in 2014. After working largely independently for their prior few records, the eponymous
The Confusions featured production by
Johan Sigerud (
the Soft Eyes,
My Orchard) as well as appearances by several guest musicians, while retaining their trademark earnest and melodic power pop sound. ~ Jason Ankeny & Marcy Donelson