Swedish punk outfit Holograms formed in 2011 when the four players from various bands in the Stockholm punk scene met while working together at a factory. With synthesizer being a relative rarity in Swedish punk bands, Holograms' sound was something of an anomaly. Melding the influence of early British punk bands and the Joy Division/Factory Records sound with nods to synth-punk acts like the Units or Suicide, the band set about playing gigs and working on recordings. Their first releases came in the form of the ABC City 7", followed shortly by a self-titled full-length album. Both recordings were released by Captured Tracks in 2012. ~ Fred Thomas