Classic Rock

Magna Carta Cartel

“We wanted [their latest record] to sound like a lost album from the eighties.”

into it becomes apparent that Magna Carta Cartel are devoted to the overblown pomp of 80s pop-rock – and also that they’re at it. But for all the comparisons to Simple Minds, the Swedes’ second album might receive, there’s a more obvious touchpoint:

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