Lovi Did This - Monsters
Spotlight on the Swedish Lovi Did This, who brings fresh and especially experimental sound pearls to pop music.
Her debut album 'Monsters' was released in late September and was recorded and produced by Katharina Nuttall. Lyrically she let herself be influenced by the reptilian brain, which reacts quite reliably to dangers even when they are not there.
Musical inspiration comes from David Bowie, Regina Spektor and Arcade Fire, among others. You can also hear Nick Cave's influences, for example in the first song 100 Days. The pitch is certainly different, but the leisurely chord progression of the ballad is similar. A contemplative start a la storytelling. Army 4U is the album's song of encouragement. It resembles a manifesto of support, has a slightly clerical hint through the organ sounds, and crackles at the end as if to spread the message to every cot in the world.
Brighter Than Her Lies conjures up a beautiful mood, her angelic voice floats above the rather colorful sea of sound, the waves of the synthesizer combine with bell sounds and a light jazz feeling. Well, are we melancholic again....
With the song Godzilla the musician has lured me. I feel a bit like at the prom of Grease 2, when Michelle Pfeiffer mourns her motorcycle hero. Suitable for swaying not only for graduates from the year 68.
Once I Was A Boy has a bit of a ghost conjuring gone wrong. So fast forward to the next song, The Fish Song, which comes along with a guitar riff that would fit in any western. Maybe we're in the village of the invincible Gauls who are about to have one of their famous fish fights? The fingers itch, the scales glisten and Lovi Did This whispers softly and insistently Sinking in the Water... At the end you could think that the ghosts from the song before are to blame.
Beautiful Liar (each of us knows at least one) with its rousing rhythm of vocals and drums is again more to my liking. Lovi Did This conjures with her fragile voice this special longing mood in the ears. She does sound a bit angry though. All This Dust invites a banjo and goosebumps on the skin. The ballad is a minimalist yet spherical ending. She uses her voice as a chorus here as well.
One could think that the singer is constantly searching for the perfect setting for her voice and wants to try everything in any form. But she has long since found her secret recipe. Space for her voice, soft background tones that produce an interplay of light and dark and when there are contrasts, they fit perfectly with the melodic singing.
Magical and spherical...
Listen and Repeat
