It's all Abba's fault. Well, mostly. Roxette and Ace of Bass can take some of the blame too. And let's not forget (cough) The Hives. There are probably people in the United States who believe English to be the first language of the Swedish nation. Who can blame them? With some alacrity it could be argued that Swedish songwriters have a better command of English than some of their English counterparts.

But perhaps perceptions are all set for a change. Could Sweden be about to see songwriting in Swedish take its place amongst the pantheon of that northerly country's considerable musical heritage? Dungen, a spangly, jangly guitar sound from Vastergotland dipped in the production atmospherics of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, is essentially Gustav Ejstes. Panda is his debut single, taken from Ta Det Lugnt (Take It Easy). It begins with the kind of drumroll best associated with druids and shuffles off through a really quite unique and spangly wail of a song.

Of course, I've not got the first clue what it's about, as it's all in Swedish. Except, that is, for closing instrumental explosion Jämna Plågor. On its own quite enough to make purchase of the album inevitable, it is summarised in the release as "a woozy, moody instrumental" - it's anything but. Electrifying, vital, psychedelic, rousing and rather fabulous would better describe it. All I need now is an English-Svenska dictionary...