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Connecting to your webcam. You may be prompted by your browser for permission. Li of every song on the album that is pillaging ears and plundering wallets worldwide like a more polite horde of so many of their Viking forebears. The music is equal parts M. And while each song is built around the repetition and layering of loops, the album avoids staleness by reaching into a gig bag so deep that I swear every song has at least one instrument on it that isn't used in any other: Theremins, saxophones, trumpets, harpsichords, mellotrons, clapping hands and stomping feet, to name just a few.
My having heard Badalamenti in "Hanging High," was rather fortuitous, since I was struggling to find the appropriate singer to whom I might compare Lykke Li—it was tempting to go with Portishead's Beth Gibbons, but no, that's not quite the voice Lykke Li has.
But my mind went from Angelo Badalamenti to Julee Cruise, notable for singing the lyrics to the theme from Twin Peaks "Falling" in the pilot episode. Similarly, Lykke's soprano cracks and aches and fades in and out of whispered tones on fourteen songs about love.
Lyrically, the songs follow the lead of their musical composition. Lykke Li often finds herself repeating words and phrases over and over again. This is not to the detriment of the songs, however—much like Mike Doughty can repeat a single word or phrase ad infinitum, with each iteration adding to the previous, so too can Lykke Li whose very name's alliteration practically begs for mantra-style repetition: lykke li lykke li lykke li keep repeating "Don't you let me go, let me go tonight" for an entire chorus, chorus after chorus, and the driving insistence of the drums pushes her voice forward and lends her plea a sincerity as she subtly halts on the last "tonight.
Aside from that, her lyrics are smart and range from the extreme emotional caution of "Dance Dance Dance," in which she entreats the loved one to watch her movement rather than listen to her words, since she doesn't quite know how to express herself, to sneering at an ex who wants to use her to vent about a new love in "Complaint Department.
Stronger in its first half than the second, this is a formidable and interesting debut that ought to be given a listen by anyone who thinks that contemporary pop music is a soulless, cookie-cutter venture.
Lykke Li's about to prove you wrong. Andrew McNair lives in Seattle, having recently freed himself from nearly a decade in academia. Aside from producing the bi-weekly OnlineRock Podcast , he also writes and performs sketch comedy. Join Now! OnlineRock Blog.
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