{"id":668,"date":"2008-04-16T21:30:28","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatplanet.com.au\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2021-01-31T04:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T04:50:32","slug":"lykke-li-sweden-little-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2008\/04\/16\/lykke-li-sweden-little-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lykke Li (Sweden) – 'Little Bit'"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lykke\"Video: <\/strong>Lykke Li ‘Little Bit‘\u00a0<\/em>
\nI’m certainly not the first to write about Lykke Li<\/strong> and I’m sure I won’t be the last. And while there’s a tendency for blogs to swarm around hyped artists in an effort to stay painfully relevant, I’m jumping on this bandwagon for good reason – the reason being that ‘Youth Novels’ is a remarkable album, worthy of the attention it has already received; an album that has been on repeat rotation in the Fat Planet house since its Swedish release earlier this year.
\nA swift comparison places 22-Year Old Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson in a continuum that joins the dark, moody sweep of El Perro Del Mar<\/strong> and the skewed electro pop of Robyn<\/strong>, levitating above ground between both. With production from Bjorn from Peter, Bjorn and John,<\/strong> the album fails to fully adhere to the Swedish indie-pop blueprint and chooses instead to veer into less obvious laneways. Case in point: while ‘Dance Dance Dance’ might be something you could hear falling from the lips of the glorious Victoria Bergsman<\/strong>, ‘Complaint Department’ – with its dirty, looping piano stabs – is in a forest of its own.
\nEven more remarkable is the seemingly carefree ability for Li to continuously channel that rarest of commodities – the perfect pop song – and do so many times over in one extended collection. Lasse M\u00e5rt\u00e9n worked as engineer on the album and a glimpse at his resume might explain why this brand of alt.pop works so well – he’s chalked up fader duties for Pink, Peter Bjorn and John, Marit Bergman, Shout Out Louds, Kelly Clarkson (for ‘Since U Been Gone) and … (bless ’em) The Veronicas. Put simply, ‘Youth Novels’ is as good as indie-pop gets.
\nLykke Li is touring<\/a> throughout the UK and US this month & next, and the ‘Little Bit’ EP lands in North America on May 6th. Download her SXSW set at lullabye.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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