Without the cocky context, though, the album is still a fun listen. The explosive opening track, “Sheepdog” pits Mando Diao as fierce competition for fellow Swedes The Hives and The (International) ...

As joyously empty-headed and spunk-fitted as an ode to rock-life hedonism and confusion ought to be, the Swedish garage rockers’ third album makes up in undeniable choruses and fully lubricated ...

Swedish newcomers Mando Diao have landed on British shores with a no-frills rock ’n’ roll debut album – but my word it is effective. The fact that their musical style is nothing we haven’t already ...

[5] It must suck to be a Swedish band who, for all intents and purposes, play garage/mod rock: You will inevitably be compared to countrymen the Hives with the first two sentences of any given review.