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I found a nice review in All Music Guide.

"Swedishgroup Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck occupy the same "twee" and quirk-folkrealm as predecessors such as Belle & Sebastian and Bright Eyes. Theeight-piece band certainly isn't trying to hide the influence of the former,with mournful trumpets occasionally breezing through their orchestral acousticpop and a fey Stuart Murdoch-like lead vocal often augmented by an accompanyingfemale voice. Even the cover of Days Come and Go nods to the Scottishgroup. Nevertheless, there is something utterly guileless here, despite theband's sometimes derivative nature, and in "Let's Watch the Sunrise"the group only uses the Belle & Sebastian medium as an entry point to finda strident beauty that is purely their own. Here, a martial drumbeat spurs thesong into a crescendo, the singer cries desperately about the street lights,and the song cracks wide open into melodic glory. As "Moves on theScreen" gathers heat, the band moves into Bright Eyes territory, with agalloping, shifting meter and a more caustic tone creeping into the vocals.Instrumentally, the large ensemble creates an expansive yet somehowfeatherweight and nuanced sound, with organ, banjo, woodwinds, and trumpetsoccasionally drifting in and making brief but clear statements. "You'veGot a Friend to Lean On" nods to Morrissey at his most infectious, with asingsongy, rhythmically acute chorus, while the sparer "Days Come andGo" ushers a willfully depressive bent into the proceedings. Nevertheless,despite the group wearing distinct -- mostly Anglo-pop -- influences on theircollective sleeve, one can't fake pretty melodies and unerring popsensibilities. There's also something appealingly D.I.Y. yet paradoxically richand full about the recording circumstances that make this an album to payattention to. Especially if any of the aforementioned influences are asignificant part of one's vocabulary."

best,

niklas

Here's a bit of video from when we were in Bristol during dot-to-dot festival in May. Good times... Enjoy!