|| Indieville ||"Swedish bedroom popster Johan is the sole orchestrator behind Peace In Our Time, and his sound is of the typical indie pop lot, furnished with acoustic strums, drum machine rhythms, and unpolished but quaint vocals. At fifteen tracks, A Glimpse of Happiness is a daring enterprise for one guy from Uppsala, and at times it seems like Johan's got himself in a little too deep. After all, fifteen little pop tunes based on mid-tempo drum machine beats can only sound so different from one another. Fortunately, there are several gems on this hefty release, and listeners with fond memories of Sarah Records and its ilk will no doubt find plenty to reminisce about here. For example, mellow "Tiger" revels in its charming tweeness, plinking away with a chippy drum beat and an unmistakable bedroom melody. Meanwhile, electronic-tweaked "Hear Me Go" and "During These Days" are charming numbers with sweet little hooks. On a release where only one track makes it past the three minute mark (by three seconds), it is clear that Johan is no stranger to quaintness. These fifteen songs are somewhat similar, but they are a melodically distinguishable bunch, and a welcome disc's worth of simple, acoustic indie pop. Peace In Our Time may not be the next incarnation of The Orchids, but if this disc is any sign, Johan is shaping up to be a promising purveyor of sweet, personal pop music."

|| WLUR 91.5 FM Virginia ||"Peace in Our Time is the one man band of Johan Regner of Sweden. The sweet acoustic pop on A Glimpse of Happiness is sparse and atmospheric, but perfectly accompanies Johan’s soft voice and quiet Swedish accent. The drum machine keeps perfect time and suggests a sort of lo-fi electro-pop sensibility hiding behind a delicate acoustic façade. The dreamy melody coupled with the sharp drum beats are reminiscent of the Radio Department, stripped down without the fuzz, or more vaguely like a prettier Postal Service. The lyrics are clever and fey, as we have come to expect from Swedish pop bands: “I don’t want your body / I just want to have the time of my life / with some nice and decent thoughts on my mind” in the upbeat and melancholic “Some Nice and Decent Thoughts,” a stand-out track. These 15 short tracks, all but one under 3 minutes, sound like cloudy days and long walks."

|| IndiePages ||"I enjoyed Johan's previous record on Music Is My Girlfriend, and this second album of his is even better! A handful of these songs appeared on his previous releases - including the excellent "Everyone Or Anyone" from the first record, a pair of songs from last year's Cloudberry EP and a couple songs from his self-released EP (which were new to me, as I don't have that one) - but there were plenty of new favorites among the ten other songs. Like before, Johan layers his bedroom pop songs with drum machine and at least a couple guitars and voices, though some of the newer ones (like "Paradnumret" and "Hear Me Go") use more effects, like synths or computer altered vocals (boo!). The songs themselves are generally midtempo and rather mellow, reminding me of Sweet William or maybe even a lower-fi version of Brighter or the Field Mice. A few of them (such as "Desperate For Something To Say" and "Everyone Or Anyone") do pick up the pace a bit, yet despite the lack of variety amongst the songs, the record doesn't seem to drag due to the brevity of the songs - most are in the two minute range, and only one passes the three minute mark (and barely at that). A nice record for late-night listening alone... MTQ=13/15"

|| FensePost ||"I’m currently in bed. My eyes are half shut and half a bottle of Syrah is settling in my stomach. And in my ears are the pleasant pop melodies of Peace In Our Time (MySpace). Despite my current demeanor, I would not call Peace In Our Time bedroom pop. There’s too much going on — the songs too full of live for the genre of slumber. Even the slower side of Peace In Our Time features percussion too loud and guitars too sunny for bedroom pop. On the other hand, Peace In Our Time is not lively enough to fit the categorization several fellow Swedish artists enjoy in full-fledged indie pop. Sure, this band has plenty of pop that, no surprise, encompasses the term indie quite well, but it isn’t quite as dance-y as, say, Acid House Kings. It does share common ground with American Analog Set’s louder tunes, which could almost be considered bedroom pop, but aren’t nearly as much so as their softer tracks. Either way you look at it, there’s something inherently good in Peace In Our Time’s lovable style of pop. Call it what you want — I’ll simply label it “Great Pop”. A Glimpse Of Happiness is out now on Series II Records."

|| A Free Man ||"Series Two records has got a real handle on the Swedish indie scene. I’m almost regularly getting good tracks from these guys and the latest they sent my way was Uppsala’s Peace In Our Time. Johan Regner is making homemade lo-fi pop in the vein of Tafra and some of Series Two other acts. Get “A Glimpse of Happiness” directly from the label.Oh, those Swedes. They just keep on churning out the great music. It’s like they’ve got some sort of breeding program going on up there."

|| Fazer Magazine ||"Johan Regnér of Peace In Our Time is well on his way to being the next Elliot Smith or Nick Drake. Although, his album should be titled “Music for Manic Depressives,” his thoughtful, depressing, intelligent, and clever lyrics suit you in any mood you may be in. I hope he gets the fame he truly deserves and people don’t discover him after he dies. "

|| Alfa Blog ||"Peace In Our Time is running on by a Swedish singer / songwriter "Johan Regnér". His new full length album "A Glimpse Of Happiness" has been released by US indiepop CD-R label "Series Two Records". The album has wonderful heartwarming acoustic sound and funny electronica popbeats tunes. As soon as you listen to the album title song "A Glimpse Of Happiness", you will fall in love with his tunes. But first of all, you need to listen to his 4 songs on his MySpace page. Because the album is including the 4 songs. Maybe, if you listen to the 4 songs, you will want to listen to more his songs. His gentle singing voice wraps you soft. His beautiful melody makes your heart warm. His funny electronica popbeats give you tiny pop feelings. And when we listen to the album can share love of music with him. It's just "Peace In Our Time" !!! I think we are happy. We can listen and enjoy his songs."

|| Swedesplease ||"There are probably a handful of Swedish artists that I just can’t say any more about. I’ve used up all the adjectives in my book, and I can’t praise them any more highly. Montt Mardie and Peace in our Time are two such bands. If you do a search over there on the right you’ll find countless posts about each band. So with out further ado here’s a song off the new Peace In Our Time record A Glimpse Of Happiness out now on Series Two"

|| Mondo Bacana ||"Tempos atrás estava eu a ouvir uma coletânea aleatória da Cloudberry. Eis que no meio daquela tweezice toda, uma vozinha peculiar me chamou a atenção. "Eia, será que Sean Rawls largou mão da Kindercore e fugiu para o sul? Mas quem trocaria Athens por Miami? Vai saber... ele pode ter conhecido o peruano na escola de artes ou..." Nisso o refrão da canção me arrancou dessas confabulações mirabolantes: não, sem mestres do hemisfério. "O que que é isso? Deixa-me ver aqui... ah, chama-se Peace in Our Time. Gostei. Como é o nome da música? The same old phrase. Beleza, me convenceu. Tem mais de onde veio isso?" Tinha. E foi assim que eu conheci a monobanda de Johan Regnér, um sueco muito gente boa (como a maioria dos suecos, aliás). Suas letras pessoais e seu som despretensioso começaram a ser registrados nos EPs A Way to Pass the Time (Music is my Girlfriend, 2005) e Some Nice and Decent Thoughts (independente, 2007): um loop de bateria eletrônica, um violãozinho, uma melodia sossegada, e tã-dããã: boas canções pop, completas em sua simplicidade. No EP 3" Tiger, lançado pela Cloudberry Records em 2007, Regnér mantém o minimalismo, mas aceita a adição de um tecladinho aqui, um backinzinho ali. Digo que não ficou nada mal. Você gosta de Sparklehorse? Então. Na ocasião desta entrevista, o Peace in Our Time tinha recém lançado seu novo disco, A Glimpse of Happiness, pela não menos bacana Series Two Records. Já encomendei o meu, mas sabe como são remessa internacionais, você só recebe a notícia do fim da guerra depois de ter mandado mais uma tropa pro front. Enfim, pra quem não quer dar tiro no escuro, os três primeiros CDs estão disponíveis na íntegra para download na página do PiOT, e mais algumas faixas extras no MySpace. Viro os holofotes para as canções Tiger, That same old phrase, These meaningless things, Desperate for something to say e Hear me go. Então, porque "Peace in Our Time"? Tem algo a ver com o tratado de Munique mesmo? Não deve surpreender o fato de esta frase ter sido tirada do famoso pronunciamento de Chamberlain, em 1938. Há algo ao mesmo tempo triste e fascinante em como ele volta da Alemanha acreditando que havia conseguido assegurar a paz na Europa. Quando se sabe o fim da história, é difícil não se sentir mal por ele. Mas esta ainda é uma boa citação, de qualquer forma. Você gostaria de falar sobre suas referências/influências? De onde vem essa ‘determinação pela simplicidade'? Eu escuto vários tipos de música e encontro influências em quase todo lugar. Mas se for para mencionar minhas referências principais, eu diria Jens Lekman, The Radio Dept., Casiotone for the Painfully Alone e The Mountain Goats. Eu ouvi muito a músicas deles quando comecei a escrever minhas próprias canções, então elas foram muito importantes para mim. Eu gosto do bom-humor na música de Lekman, e de como o Radio Dept. grava tudo sozinho, seguindo suas próprias premissas. Os dois últimos grupos são grandes contadores de histórias, e eu admiro especialmente como eles conseguem criar músicas tão fantásticas com ferramentas tão simples. Minha ‘determinação pela simplicidade' vem da ambição de escrever música honesta e genuína. Eu acho que é por isso que eu acabo com um som um tanto "simples". É como um desafio, tentar manter a coisa simples, mas ainda assim, boa. Você é um cara tão bonzinho quanto algumas de suas letras sugerem? Não há um certo sarcasmo perdido por ali? Eu gosto de pensar em mim mesmo como um cara bonzinho, mas as letras não são sempre sobre mim. E, como você sugere, de vez em quando surge um pouco de sarcasmo sim, então eu não acho que o ouvinte deva levar o que eu digo tão a sério. Você poderia comentar seu álbum de estréia, A Glimpse of Happiness? Ele foi lançado pelo selo Series Two Records, de Nebraska, em junho, e contém dez canções novas e cinco regravações. Elas foram gravadas num período de três anos, e acredito ser correto dizer que é a melhor coleção de canções que eu já produzi até hoje. Comparado aos meus lançamentos anteriores, as músicas estão um pouco mais complexas. Eu empenhei mais trabalho em cima delas do que nas anteriores. E diga lá: as frutas tropicais chegam frescas aí em Uppsala? Ou, você prefere manga ou abacaxi? Na verdade, sou um grande fã de abacaxi. Dá pra achar em qualquer supermercado, e não é difícil consegui-los frescos. Ok, obrigado. (acho que remessas internacionais super rápidas só funcionam pra frutas mesmo)."

|| Bluesbunny Reviews ||"Bluesbunny and twee pop are far from strangers. Lo-fi minimalistic sounds often echo through the hallowed halls at Bluesbunny Towers. Given that Peace in Our Time is the work of one man from Sweden called Johan Regner, we naturally rushed to the conclusion that this was another example from that genre. However, it turned out to be a bit special Listening to the drifting vocals, it does initially seem that this album is but a collection of simple love songs. Songs that go well with dodgy sweaters perhaps. What makes these songs a cut above the average is the sheer neatness of the lyrics. They show an ease with language that makes them seem conversational rather than forced. In other words they sound real. The subtle pleasures of songs like "Paradnumret" and "Some Decent but Nice Thoughts" transcend genre limitations. Johan Regner's laconic delivery sits perfectly above the synthetic drums and simple chord structure and his words show a fine, if sentimental, understanding of the human condition. Quite touching in its own way, this album will be essential listening in bedsit land but is also well worth your time in the real world. It should certainly have wider appeal as good songs are good songs are good songs. It's as simple as that."