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
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10 pieces, 10 bruises
Döda Fallet
En hand himlen
Tacking
Wearing Our Pop Art Hearts on Our Sleeves Ep
Sneda ögons EP
Introducing: Hello Saferide
DOLOPHINE SMILE
Länge Leve Parken
Caroline (jag såg dig)
