Swedish veterans PAGE are back with a new album ‘Inget Motstånd’, translated into English as “No Resistance”.

The duo of Eddie Bengtsson (lead vocals + synths) and Marina Schiptjenko (synths) have been playing together since 1980 and while they have been involved in other music projects like S.P.O.C.K and BWO respectively along the way, they remain a cult force in “Keyboardbaserad Retroromantisk Popmusik”. But in 2017, Bengtsson began to publically despair of the state of modern poptronica. The sound of Synth Britannia and in particular, the imperial machine music phase of Gary Numan was where he wanted to take PAGE.

The initial period of Numanisation on the album ‘Det Är Ingen Vacker Värld Men Det Råkar Vara Så Det Ser Ut’ even included a faithful version of ‘Tracks’ in Swedish as ‘Spår’. With the involvement of Chris Payne and RRussell Bell, two musicians from ‘The Touring Principle’ on the 2023 long player ’En Ny Våg’ saw the influence of the man born Gary Webb reach its zenith.

As a result, the Numanesque elements have been totally dialled down on ‘Inget Motstånd’; produced by Christer Hermodsson, whose credits include Eddie Bengtsson solo vehicle SISTA MANNEN PÅ JORDEN as well as AND ONE, SPARK! and BIOMEKKANIK, the album revisits the punkier ethos of the PAGE of old in its energetic pace.

Album opener and lead single ‘Kan inte tänka på allt’ provides a good start, featuring incessant drum machine and an enticing cacophony of electronics. With a forceful Motorik drive, ‘Mycket mer’ lodges into the brain with its riffing repetition. The brightly lit uptempo action doesn’t let up on either ‘Gå itu’ or ‘Kylskåpsdörr’ although Bengtsson’s vocal expression retains his trademark cynicism.

While the bliptastic ‘Om ett tag’ could be seen as a homage to early Daniel Miller, ‘Sen så blev det värre’ adopts a more live sounding drum track and a rousing chorus before the bleepy syncopated stutter of ‘Klarar det ändå’. And as ‘Ingenting som betyder någonting’ throbs away enjoyably, the thumping ‘Moderna saker’ brings some piano into the synthesized equation. Closing with an elegant almost classical synth instrumental ‘Kära du’, its “repris” bookends its short ivory introduction.

While there are CD bonus tracks, they are outliers away from the lively musical poptimism shaping ‘Inget Motstånd’. A throwback to ‘Blöder Du’ from 2019’s ‘Fakta För Alla’, ‘Små signaler’ is much more sombre and moodier than the rest of the album, hence its likely reason for bonus track status while ‘Konkrete’ is a dark rumbly instrumental quite different from ‘Kära du’.

Having exorcised his Numan obsession of the last few years, ‘Inget Motstånd’ is a welcome return to the classic PAGE sound with Bengtsson being ”just like Eddie…”

‘Inget Motstånd’ is released as a vinyl LP and CD by Energy Rekords, available from https://hotstuff.se/page/x-7640

PAGE play at Winterwaves in Gothenburg on 17th January 2026

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Text by Chi Ming Lai
2nd October 2025