(Bothering) John Eriksson of Hortlax Cobra

Known by his first name as the drummer in Peter Bjorn and John, John Eriksson spent 2012 under the moniker Hortlax Cobra, creating music miles from the sunny Swedish pop of the trio. Eriksson's first solo album, Night Shift, dropped in the summer, but his pet project made it out just at the end of year. Directly influenced by Van Halen's 1984, Eriksson's version shares the album and song names, tempos and track lengths of the original album, but the songs are dark, electronic, ...

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