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Montt mardié, Clocks/Pretender

Clocks/Pretender

HYBR049

Artist: Montt mardié
Label: Hybris
External Link: Hybris
4/25/07 MP3 (192 kbit)
USD 12.00 Buy Gift Item

This is Montt mardiés double album Clocks/Pretender. Two albums for the price of one!
First 10 songs is Montt Mardié by himself with a string quartet and orchestra backing him. Last 10 songs is duets with artists like Jens Lekman, Hello Saferide, Mr Suitcase, Andreas Mattsson, The Deportees, The Legends, Vapnet and Bobby baby.

"I really liked the debut album by this swedish kid, but didn't think he showed all his promise on it. That was reinforced by his recent Science EP which was simply brilliant and showed much in the way of musical growth. That brings us here, and all I can say is did this kid hit one out of the park. This is a double album, the first being the "new" album and the second being quasi covers and redo's with a galaxy of swedish stars from Andreas Mattson, Jens Lekman, Johan Angergärd, Vapnet and more. The "album" is a thing of sublime beauty. Strings, horns, songs of passion and regret sung from the gut and even taking the piss on himself by recovering Highschool Drama as a totally new tune called Birthday Boy. (in fact this is sort of the premise of the second album) What really stands out is his sudden maturity, not only with a ballad, but with retro lounge classics like Let's Get Away From It All. The Velvet Fog would be proud. Honestly, I can't carp enough about this album, from it's delicacy to it's irony it will be without question one of the best releases of the year, and then some. If that was just it that is. However on to that we add the second disc, full of some of the most delightful and witty duets imagineable spanning all sorts of genres. I don't even know what to start gushing about first as it's all so fucking brilliant. I suppose the one that strikes home most is Castle In The Sky which is sung to the tune of A Man Walks Into A Bar with Jens Lekman and is a lament to a girl both of them loved, but neither apparently got. Christ, it's all fucking too good, I really think my heads going to explode over this, and it's all I've been listening to since it arrived, and I have a lot of great new stuff too. I've never been this bluntly urbane before, but if you don't buy this you're an asshole. It's that simple."
- Indiespinzone

01 - In wich we meet the clocks.. (3:36) Play Buy USD 1.20
02 - Set sail tomorrow (3:08) Play Buy USD 1.20
03 - Birthday boy (Drama) (2:57) Play Buy USD 1.20
04 - I will write a book (4:12) Play Buy USD 1.20
05 - Let's get away from it all (2:07) Play Buy USD 1.20
06 - 1969 (4:19) Play Buy USD 1.20
07 - Travelers (1:51) Play Buy USD 1.20
08 - The windmill turns all the same (3:28) Play Buy USD 1.20
09 - How I won the war (3:29) Play Buy USD 1.20
10 - In wich the sailor return and we... (2:15) Play Buy USD 1.20
11 - Surprised w/ Andreas Mattsson (3:28) Play Buy USD 1.20
12 - Metropolis w/ Fredrik from Le sport (2:56) Play Buy USD 1.20
13 - Once I was so in love that I followed w/ Bobby Baby (3:10) Play Buy USD 1.20
14 - Castle in the sky w/ Jens Lekman (4:49) Play Buy USD 1.20
15 - Hurry Home w/ The Legends (2:59) Play Buy USD 1.20
16 - Daughters w/ Peder from The Deportees (2:33) Play Buy USD 1.20
17 - Hacienda (2:59) Play Buy USD 1.20
18 - När ni gett dem våld ska vi ge er kärlek w/ Vapnet (2:41) Play Buy USD 1.20
19 - Grand prix finals w/ Mr. Suitcase (3:49) Play Buy USD 1.20
20 - Pretenders w/ Hello Saferide (2:58) Play Buy USD 1.20

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