Lykke Li

Youth Novels

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Fresh from recent triumphs at SXSW, and riding a sizeable wave of good will and expectation following the release of her debut single "Little Bit" on 7" label Moshi Singles back in February, Lykke Li releases her debut album. Recorded with Peter & John's Bjorn Yttling over the last 10 months, "Youth Novels" weaves its way through 14 perfectly realised 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's life so far, told with unusual honesty. It includes recent single "Little Bit", continues with the punchy throb of "I'm Good I'm Gone", and brilliant tracks like reluctant break-up 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…'

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