Lasse
Lindh - You Wake up At Sea Tac
 Artist:
Lasse Lindh
Title: You Wake Up At Sea Tac
Catalog#: AHA!034
No longer available.
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Tracks
on this CD: |
| Bruised |
| Walk
With Me |
| C'Mon
Through |
| The
Heart Is Old |
| Computerwelt |
| River |
| The
Stuff |
| Damage Done |
| Tigger
Happy |
| Best
Laid Plans |
| U.S.
Bonus Tracks |
| Rush |
| Teenage
Skin |
| Stargirl |
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His heart is broken, that's obvious; how he's dealing with it
comes into question,
and your diagnosis is as good as ours…
On his sophomore full-length (the first sung in English, and in his opinion,
his true debut) Lasse's relationship based lyrics often end in turmoil and tears,
every situation bleeds heartache, and you start to wonder if he's really gonna
be okay… The singing, hanging on his lazy Swedish accent, is melodic and
melancholic ("Get your kicks from the water produced by my eyes. You can
play this forever, you can kill my heart" and "It ain't so easy to
love you true, account of all the rattlesnakes and all that makes you blue/But
it's worth it, I love the thrill"), but don't expect major depressive episodes
musically. Instead you'll hear full-on orchestrated guitar pop with superb production,
varied instrumentation, and a smidge of Coldplay-esque grandiosity. The sound
has far more in common with desultorily dramatic Elliott Smith than sadly suicidal
Nick Drake. With You Wake Up At
Sea Tac Lasse Lindh sheds his regional teenybopper status, and offers a compelling
glimpse into the future mirror of Scandinavian pop.
Previous experience includes Chevy (Lasse's father played bass) and as collaborator
on Club 8's last album (Hidden Agenda). His lead vocal for Club
8's "Keeping Track Of Time" appeared on Parasol's Sweet Sixteen,
Volume Three CD sampler and the March Records' Little Molly Has A Treat
For You collection.
Lasse Lindh had three songs from his Swedish language debut among the most played
songs on P3 (Sweden's biggest radio channel), and the video for "Jag vill
vara som du" was in A-rotation on both of Sweden's major video outlets,
MTV and Z-TV.
The Hidden Agenda version of You Wake Up At Sea Tac features three bonus
tracks.
Swedish
singer/songwriter Lasse Lindh's first English debut (his only
other release was in his native
tongue), You Wake Up At Sea Tac, has much the same effect as
copious amounts of his homeland's special holiday beverage,
Glogg; as warm, dizzying and contemplative as a good buzz,
Lindh's sweetly
purring vocals beckon the listener to open up and sit for a
spell. "Bruised" sounds haunting with its double-tracked singing and
effusive guitars - which dive in and out like balloons in a winter sky - while
the breezy, spaced-out vibe of "The Heart Is Old" employs plinking
keyboards to get its message of loss on the marquee. Lindh's stinging dissertations
of love ("When a man loves a woman, he breaks her down, he steals he lust
and wears her out," he divulges on "The Stuff") and buzzing
melodies will remind Statesiders of Elliott Smith, but his romanticism is as
spirited
as a Scandinavian sunset. For those in the NYC, the Swedish Consul is presenting
a music festival at CBGB March 10-11. A full lineup is available at http://swedeninfo.com/showcase/bands.htm.
-Kristy
Martin, CMJ
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