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- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: Quarterstick Records / Touch And Go
Try whistling this: Peter, Bjorn & John frontman quiets down instead of puckering up.
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On the solo debut by Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John, the Swedish singer-songwriter avoids most anything similar to his group’s international calling card, “Young Folks” — no dance beats, no inescapable pop hooks and definitely no whistling. Instead he reveals his folk-rock side, baring lyrical roots in Bob Dylan and a vocal resemblance to John Lennon while favoring acoustic guitar sweetened by chamber strings, subtle keyboards, minimal percussion and the occasional singing saw.
It’s a wintery album: You can feel Stockholm’s chill in the silences between the notes and in Morén’s naked arrangements. But there’s a warmth and humor in the strongest songs that fits Morén’s delicately rendered melodies. Escaping contrived conversation is a recurring theme on this resolutely introverted set: Album opener “Reel Too Real” depicts the singer as a student escaping the tyranny of bullying classmates who “win because they’re dull,” while in “Social Competence,” he cuts to the chase: “I don’t want to talk to you,” he sings as the song’s Simon & Garfunkel-worthy Spanish guitar riff, piano and handclaps give way to the album’s fullest and most vibrant chorus. It’s here — when the music’s at its most fluent — that the singer’s reticence speaks deepest.
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Reel Too Real |
3:13 |
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| 02. | |
Missing Link |
2:52 |
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| 03. | |
Old Love |
3:02 |
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| 04. | |
Le Petit Coeur |
4:08 |
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| 05. | |
Tell Me In Time |
4:38 |
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| 06. | |
My Match |
3:28 |
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| 07. | |
This Is What I Came For |
6:29 |
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| 08. | |
Twisted |
4:12 |
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| 09. | |
Social Competence |
4:22 |
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| 10. | |
I Don't Gaze At The Sky For Long |
4:33 |
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10 Total Tracks, 40:57 Total Length
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