Lykke Li - This summer's biggest hit?

"Little Bit" would sound terrible with Duffy or Adele singing it.

It sounds terrible anyway!

'weak voice' is surely the point ala Shapiro

I dunno, it's weaker than that even, I think with Shapiro or Annie or anything like that it doesn't matter as much because they're supposed to glide over the backing, which is a lot fuller in any case. A lot of the music here is sparser, or more organic at least, and you'd expect the voice to fill that space and it just doesn't.

light voice over light music obviously works in some situations. i'm not feeling any particular imbalance in li's case yet (based on myspace songs only). not sure how much i'll actually listen to this tho.

I went to see her last night. Goodness knows why her management chose that venue: 9 out of 10 of those attending hadn't come for the gig - she was the entertainment at a club night - so there was a serious noise and general-lack-of-decorum problem.

That said, I enjoyed her performance. She has a nice line in moving about on stage and hamming up the songs. Whether that will make her the 'summer's biggest hit' (cf thread title) is another matter.

i like "little bit" if that's what you're talking about, but that's been out for a WHILE.

Saw her at By:Larm (Norwegian Equivalent of MIDEM) and she was absolutely brilliant. A very charismatic live act, and a great and unique voice. It was completely crowded, so obviously she was one of the "next big things" at the meeting.

Even though she was brilliant, Superfamily were even better though.

Saw her at By:Larm (Norwegian Equivalent of MIDEM) and she was absolutely brilliant. A very charismatic live act, and a great and unique voice. It was completely crowded, so obviously she was one of the "next big things" at the meeting.

I was there too (the Thursday show), and yeah, I was floored. It was weird, though, I was jet-lagged and fell asleep and woke up a half hour before the first band went on, and I thought I wouldn't get in at all, but when I got to the club right before 9, there were only about five people there. So I got an ace spot in front...but yeah, did it ever get crowded fast. Anyway, Lykke Li, was far more energetic and charismatic than I expected. I had high hopes going in, but nothing like what we ended up seeing firsthand. She did an instore at the Platekompaniet record store the next afternoon, and did a much more low-key, but equally likeable performance.

Even though she was brilliant, Superfamily were even better though.

Egads. They're like the Killers as interpreted by Metal Skool. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I wanted to catch Dylan Mondegreen at first (great band, lousy live performance), so I didn't get to Blå until around half an hour before. And by then it was very crowded. I did get in, but hardly got out afterwards. :)

awful

and srsly just one drop in the bucket of poorly conceived swede-twee

i guess once it crosses the ocean it becomes "sophisticated"

i like this album, but most of the songs sound like they could just take off into something really spectacular, but just dont. like maybe a remix cd would be amazing. anyways, just heard a nice remix.
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/5/6/freeload-lykke-li-everybody-but-me-diskjokke-remix

this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins, but it's nice

and not just cuz it's another swedish chick but the vocals have that same sleepy-eyed but kinda seductive thing to it

none of her other songs have grabbed me at all but i'm liking the one with Kleerup. More like that pls.

this is really good. why didn't anyone tell me how good this is?

this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins, but it's nice

That's cuz Bjorn from the group that did "Young Folks" produced this.

this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins, but it's nice

this sentence makes no sense

lykke li is fucking disgusting

her music tries way too hard but she seems like a really rad girl

i will never ever comprehend the appeal of twee. god, white people

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/lykkeli.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/mymble.jpg

this album is like the female vocals from young folks stretched out over 45 mins:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002CH9DW.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

lex otm here, it's hard to see why there would be any global craving for this

I haven't heard the album, but this is brilliant:

On tour she is closing with A Tribe Called Quest's "Can I Kick It," with the audience doing the sampled Lou Reed humming. I thought it was goofy but fun, although I'm sure some folks here would find her rapping as annoying as they do her singing. "Little Bit" is so catchy, although her vocals worked better on cd than live. Her voice now sounds less little-girlish live, although it's still far from impressive.

The name Lykke Li is pronounced the same way as the danish word Lykkelig, which means Happy.

It is pronounced the same way as the Norwegian word Lykkelig. The Danish one would be pronounced Lyyge'li, and that is a bit different. :)

I dig that vocal/string mix. I think that Kleerup song is better than her album. Subject to change when I actually pay attention to the album, of course.

She was mostly fun live but her voice was weak. I read some blog posters and others calling her gig at Black Cat in DC the best gig they saw in DC this year. That seems a little over-the-top to me.

She is unlike anyone else. Which is something that, for some, may be exciting at once. But once you get used to it, it may not be as fascinating as it was.

Still a pretty much OK album and I did find her live appearance rather fascinating. But there is better music from 2008, surely.

She is like 1/10th as good as Marit Larsen when Marit is at her laziest.

i like a few of these songs a lot (off Youth Novels) and... i find her to be really hot

I just heard something by this person on the radio in a cafe. the bassline of the song seemed completely stolen off of Phil Spector's "He Hit Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss)." I thought it was a sample at first!

It's been out since August but I just saw her performance at KCRW: http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb090804lykke_li

She's really good. One of the best sounding performances I've seen on the show.

one of her songs is currently playing on a Pandora station for me and I was thinking "oh this is pleasant, kind of forgettable" and then she said "I keep my legs apart for you" and I was like "wait waht"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TTPGAy5H_E

i'm feeling this. reminds me of some 80s tropical cosmic groups that i dig. Belle Stars, Via Afrika, etc

love the beat on "get some", cringe at the lyrics

really looking forward to her new album after 'get some' and then seeing this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-0A7_B-ZnM

also, damn girl

http://sidewalkhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/46689405.png

http://soundcloud.com/dynmk/lykke-li-i-follow-rivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYLQXz0D9LU

loooooove this

I Follow Rivers is great! Sounds like she's turned down the mimsy a lot and she sounds so much better for it. Needs better drums though, maybe a Ewan Pearson/Courtney Tidwell style remix would work, something to make the most out of that descending marimba line anyway.

This is becoming one of my most anticipated albums in a long time. All the press I keep reading sees her dismissing the "twee" parts of Youth Novels in interviews, I'm hoping she replaces it with the muscular strength and energy that her music would benefit from.

This is probably my favourite album of the year so far.

psyched for this, + am sort of surprised

Halfway through and this is a really good listen! Tight and short and very full-sounded, especially compared to Youth Novels, which sounded very anemic. There's a lot more support of her voice here (both like...how she sings...and how the production bolsters her).

It kind of splits the difference between girl-group Phil Spector Be My Baby-isms and 'tribal' drums or whatever.

There's a lot less of that mimsy, ultra-girly high-pitched whine-singing on this than the debut album (think "Time Flies"), the sonics of this record and her voice suggest she has grown as much as the press narrative indicates. First impressions are of an album that's a bit front-heavy but still a massive leap forward.

Stream the entire album on soundcloud

and yeah, great record.

i'm very happy that she's actually singing on this record, but i can't help but feel a bit disappointed (after only a few listens) about the move to a more 60s girlgroup sound. that might be the influence of the producer, but either way, it just seems so obvious given the emotional content of the record. it might grow on me, but what drew me to her in the first place was just how weird everything sounded on her debut.

sounds more like fever ray / xx (all the dark space) than girl group to me. i like it a lot, LOVE that opening track

Why in God’s name did she use vocoder on this

man this album is a grower, it's great

i've only heard "two nights" so far, like it

Record is very dense production wise. Full of miniature details and very self contained. I absolutely love the opening song

The general reaction for this album seems above average, critically and just user opinions I’ve read. Which is fair as the album is so short and ends on “utopia” which is a stunner of a song, at 34 mins this is succinct.

This record feels transitory to me in that her last one was a fairly bummer ride compared to previous work, but here she seems to be reconciling? Not as much a shift as sundfors last two to draw a comparison.

in love with this record

the concise nature makes every song shine, it's gorgeous

wow someone really loved "High By The Beach" a lot eh

I had put off listening to this because the last one was such a washout but this is much better, maybe lacking a great single but possibly her best full album?

Great record

I'm still not enjoying this as much as I want to. It certainly is a step up from the last album, but it's nowhere near the quality of her first two albums for me. Wounded Rhymes is my favourite.

I never learn is a masterpiece u philistines

this one has some good bits but imho they’re the most familiar bits (bad woman, last piece)

I'm starting to come around to this album. I keep getting the chorus to Jaguars In The Air stuck in my head.

the 'u got it bad' cover is decent

https://open.spotify.com/track/4Dg5moVCTqxAb7Wr8Dq2T5?si=Wr6xOHL6RWSldgf4TvY6Tg

No comment as yet it seems on her most recent album EYEYE - it's extremely doleful, maybe even more so than I Never Learn. I wasn't wild about the last album but this one seems like a big improvement to me.