LYKKE LI - 'WOUNDED RHYMES'...

So, I've spent my morning attempting to write some more of my dissertation (what a cunt of a task) whilst listening to the new Lykke Li album 'Wounded Rhymes', & I'm surprised to admit that it's prevented me from throwing my laptop through the window. It's a good listen.

It has a perfect balance of slow tempo ballads like 'I Know Places' & the folky 'Unrequited Love' which sounds like it could be straight from a First Aid Kit record, & up-tempo catchy pop songs such as 'Youth Knows No Pain' & 'Get Some', which features the lyric, "I'm your prostitute, you gonna get some". Yum. 'Wounded Rhymes' also triumphs on the production front, successfully veering between & also combining different retro, lo-fi styles as well as clean, polished folk ballads.

Overall, I think this album could propel this Swedish lovely into the pop mainstream, & rightly so, this is a refreshing pop album which would trample over 90% of the tripe that currently occupies the pop charts.