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Welcome to the States, Lykke Li

Written by Jason Perry

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Lykke Li's hypnotic Swedish pop is preparing for a Stateside invasion. Blender magazine said that Li's "...got the charming eccentricity of Regina Spektor and the confident cool of M.I.A." Not too shabby of a comparison.

Press release on Li's upcoming debut LP Youth Novels after the jump.

PRESS RELEASE - The day we've all been anxiously waiting for is around the corner. Youth Novels, the greatly anticipated debut release from Lykke Li, hits the States August 19. Having already garnered much attention surrounding the Little Bit EP (released May 2008), Lykke Li is sure to please critics and fans alike with Youth Novels.

Recorded with Bjorn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John fame) over the last 10 months, Youth Novels weaves its way through 14 perfectly-realized chapters. You'll hear harpsichords, flutes,and theremins throughout the album but you'll also hear Lykke Li's magnificently brittle, candy coated vocals.

The record is like a well-thumbed paperback which falls open again and again on the same pages: love, loneliness, frustration, and obsession - the chronicles of Lykke Li's life so far, told with unusual honesty. It includes recent hit "Little Bit" (released May 2008), continues with the punchy throb of "I'm Good, I'm Gone," whose video is already making waves around the internet, and brilliant songs like reluctant breakup anthem "Breaking It Up," "Let It Fall," and "Hanging High." Throughout, there's a sense of momentum and a pursuit of some unobtainable goal. "I don't think I'll ever be satisfied and calm," Lykke Li admits. "Even now I wonder how I'm going to live a whole lifetime, feeling how I do now..."

Youth Novels will be available on Amazon and iTunes.