Although Black City ends with a song called “Wild and Crazy,” DOLL aren’t; they sound like The Strokes on downers, or a more “serious” version of The Hives.
The one-sheet boasts “Artists include Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, and Pennywise,” a quick scan of bands shows an infiltration of hipster bands and garage rock.
Starting as a young Swedish version of SoCal punkpop (fast and melodic, with some ska thrown in), they really learned the craft of writing catchy melodies.