Not necessarily behind the boat with this one, since her album comes out in the states next week, but some of us have been praising this Swedish seductress for quite some time now. And with very good reason. Lykke Li has a very interesting spin on the feel-good vibe that seems to be all the rage in her chilly Scandinavian homeland, choosing genuine instruments over synthetic to create the relaxed and uplifting songs that run throughout her solid debut, Youth Novels. She's also got this crazy, almost pre-adolescent voice that makes you uncertain of how to react when her lyrical content dips into keeping her legs spread open for her lover. However, her approach to songcraft is well above that of her peers (she's actually 21) and sounds more like a Phil Spector-directed take on Feist, with the occasional touch of a modulated sound breezing through, than anything else.
Check out her song 'I'm Good, I'm Gone' below and pick up her album next week.
mp3: Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
mp3: Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Fred Falke Remix)
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