Lykke Li - Youth Novels
(LL) CD & LP
Finally a domestic release for Youth Novels, the debut from the young Swede. There is much to dance, clap & whistle to here, as Lykke Li whips up a bevy of catchy-as-hell tunes. The cute factor is pretty high, but so are the pop instincts; “I’m Good, I’m Gone” is possibly this year’s “1 2 3 4”. There’s an air of playfulness abound as well; twinkling, clinking, rattling noises seem to naturally mold the sketches that Li colours with her nimble, still developing voice. For fans of Feist, Frida Hyvonen.