Eric Berglund charmed us as half of the Swedish indie pop duo The Tough Alliance. On his own as ceo, he makes an about-face, producing sounds drenched in mystery and ephemeral beauty. Even on ceo’s 2010 debut, White Magic, his artful strokes of orchestral grandeur were cloaked in an ambience of, well, magic and impermeability. On Wonderland, Berglund goes further and a bit darker. The poppiest numbers here—“Whorehouse” and “Wonderland”—are only poppy in that they feel effervescent and uplifting, whether due to cottony choruses or bright, neon flickers of keyboards and perky percussion. On the former, Berglund warns: “No one can protect me from my game,” while a breezy raft of synth notes float and bounce. The title track glistens with effervescence, but helium-processed vocals ooze in the background, while a feral, barking snippet drives the tune. The instrumentals “Juju" and “Bubble on a Stream” further juxtapose unsettling vocal textures with ambient loveliness. Countless moments on Wonderland just don’t make sense in an “inside the box” way, and therein lies its beauty.