It was three years ago when we first got in touch with Marching Band. The two Swedes were supposed to play a show in Vienna and we were looking forward to recording a session with them, having sunny and melodic indie pop tunes like “Aggravate” and “Travel In Time” in our ears. Yet, the tour was cancelled and we had to wait until the beginning of 2012 to get another chance. Jacob and Erik are touring again, supporting and playing with Dear Reader. We meet them at their hotel and head off to Ronahi restaurant with its cosy upstairs area. The place is packed at 5 in the afternoon and we don’t even find a place to sit down in the beginning, so Erik and Jacob just take their acoustic guitars and play their first song standing in the middle of the room: “It Is Hidden” is a beautiful track from Marching Band’s new album “Pop Cycle”. For the second song we secure a free sofa in a quiet corner, where the Linköping-based guys do the charmingly fragile “Feel Good About It”.