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Monday, September 8, 2014

Lykke Li: I Never Learn. Album Sketch


year: 2014

tones of: madonna (vocals), sleigh bells (on gunshot)

genre samples: indie-pop, blues, emo, orchestra, indie-folk

music: smooth, flowing, haunting, beautiful, orchestral, thin, moody, sparing, atmospheric, thread bare, echoes, expanding

lyrics: brooding, melancholy, remorseful, forlorn, vulnerable, sorrowful, aching, regret, emptiness, poetic

vocals: earnest, breaking, honest, open, strong, soft, deep, emotional

favs: gunshot, i never learn (gorgeous lyrics and strings), love me like i'm not made of stone, no rest for the wicked, silver line

note: familiar artistic territory for lykke li, even though this is a more ballad oriented, less pop sounding (i.e. commercially risky) album than her previous effort: http://simmserely.blogspot.com/2012/10/lykke-li-wounded-rhymes-review-sketch.html

score: 7.5/10

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