“Animals. Not the band – the actual animals living in nature they’re the most under-rated musicians. With the right producer they could sell millions of records,” enthuses the guitarist from Sweden’s latest musical offering, Lacrosse.

Lacrosse formed in 2005 after meeting at a wedding between mutual friends. “It was love at first sight,” gushes guitarist Henrik Johansson. “Now we will be together forever making sweet music.”

A musical marriage made in heaven, Henrik is loyal to his spiritual family. When asking him to describe each member he can only wax lyrical. “Auhm,” he coughs, clearing his throat, making me sit up for I knew the answer would warrant my full attention. “There is actually a poem that explains it all,” he continues, “Tobias (Henriksson) is the drummer, he's as steady as a rock you can lean on him; Henrik is our hero with a missing sense of smell he plays guitar and your heart stands still; Robert (Arlinder) is the pretty boy, he plays the bass with a heart of gold; Rickard (Sjöberg) is the wonderchild there's nothing he can't do or won't for you; Kristian (Dahl) is a singer who writes most of the melodies, Nina (Wähä) is also a singer who writes most of the lyrics.”

OK so the poetry may have been lost in translation but the sentiment is clearly there. With such a high octave of personalities the next question I ached to ask, with genuine inquisition, was who is the erratic member? Every band has one. Pete Doherty’s is The Babyshambles, Ozzy Osbourne was Black Sabbath’s. “We are all erratic,” Henrik replies unsurprisingly. “We take turns in calming each other down.”

Following a positive reaction to their debut album This New Year Will Be For You And Me – it sold across Europe and was exported to Japan, Canada and Australia – and a brief tour in Spain, the band been working on a sequel. “We will play a whole new sound of indie pop called trindie,” says the charismatic Swede. “It comes from the words tropical and indie and we plan on taking this to the next level.”

The band achieved instant fame in their home country after their songs were leaked on the internet, they “spread like wild wildfire.” Soon Lacrosse caught the attention of the celluloid world: “Two songs from our album were in Outside Love (directed by Daniel Espinosa)” explains Henrik. “You Can’t Say No Forever was more or less written for that film and the director liked it, lucky for us.”

A time where Scandinavian pop reigns supreme over the British and American charts it seems talent and perfect timing have contributed to the band’s success. “Hmm, maybe it’s because Scandinavian sport is doing so bad” guesses Henrik when discussing Scandinavia’s sudden prominence in the music charts. “We’re so bad at sport we try to cover it up by overwhelming you with lots and lots of good music instead. We seem to have a national self-confidence that allows us to be brave and innovative and try things out.”

Slowly gathering an international fan base the Lacrosse members feel they are prepared for fame although their reasoning, in true Lacrosse style, may be somewhat unorthodox. “Well we are all older than Britney was when she became famous so I guess that's a good thing,” chirps Henrik revealing the laid back approach of the melodious Swedes.

It’s hard to imagine that the band will ever be divas. They are too self assured, too connected to feel the need to vent their creative frustrations by smashing up hotel rooms and throwing TVs out of windows a la The Who’s Keith Moon. “Don’t get us wrong,” beggars Henrik. “Our standards are pretty high. We demand clean sheets, a couple of beers and maybe some people to come see the show, actually,” he says with a pause, “if we get sheets and beers we could do without the people…”