Favourite Songs:
Cold Hearts, This Is The Morning, The Next Step You'll Take, Stay By
My Side
The only negative thing first. I don't like the first
single of the album "Saturday Night Engine" at all. In fact
the whole track annoys me. The mixture of those loops and guitars just
make me dizzy. I know if you're into stuff like st.etienne, you probably
love it. Unfortunately pop with dance club rhythms have never been my
thing.
On a brighter note, the rest of the albums is actually filled with bright
hooks, beautiful vocals and above all, great songs. Yes, there's still
loops, rhythms etc, because it's a part of their 'sound' but it's not
the main ingredient. Johan Angergård who has once again written,
produced and recorded the whole album has a great vision how to arrange
the songs so that they can get the most out of them. Karolina's soft
vocal melodies leads the songs and all the different instruments are
cleverly mixed to make it sound rich. Sometimes, as a kind of lo-fi
fan, I would like them to make things sound a bit more simpler. Just
acoustic guitar and Karolina's voice would sound freakin good to me.
Well I stop complaining because I find everything except the single
worth listening to. Well that was a huge understatement. Actually there
are 10 great songs on the album. Beautiful, warm indie music. Chasing
Dorotea's Christopher Sander is a guest vocalist on 'This Is The Morning',
which could have been the best song on the album. Unfortunately it's
just a one minute long little treat, but it's still so undeniable charming
and beautiful song and let's not even start to praise how adorable it
sounds to hear Christopher and Karolina singing together.
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