Sweden’s The Soundtrack of Our Lives played in town this past weekend in support of their ambitious double-album Communion released last year. It marks the first time in a while the band has toured the states, and while the crowd was small, there was still plenty enthusiasm to go around from both the band and its fans. The group opened the show with the first single from Communion, ‘Babel On’ – an upbeat, retro guitar blitz. The band sprinkled in newer tunes like ‘Thrill Me’, the poppy ‘Flipside’ and the haunting ‘Second Life Replay’ into the 13-song set, which also included older songs like ‘Instant Repeater ‘99′ and ‘Big Time’.

Sweden’s The Soundtrack Of Our Lives is over a year removed from the release of its ambitious double-album Communion, but the sextet now is bringing their raucous road show to the US for some select dates during the second half of this month. Communion is a brilliant collection of 24 songs that run the gamut of emotion – from happy to hapless, sorrow to insanity and back again. WTDP? had a chance to catch up with frontman Ebbot Lundberg and guitarists Ian Person and Mattias Bärjed to talk a bit about the album, a new EP, their writing process and, of course, their gear.