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Happy To you
Beer belly protruding, a sloppy thirty-something guy schleps around his apartment in silence, waiting for something to happen. Suddenly, space intruders enter his shabby house, kidnap him, )%&#8+/(#'+.#)#<".60(!(#.)@("/(*#c+%<05&+%8#,".(#'(+%"5,# <",.(!+<#,5*8(*Kd9#?7!(*#!'(#&(>)<0(;#'(#&"%,#)#6*",!'(!+<#%",(;# a slimy black wig, and super tight pleather pants. He is reborn, a new man, prepared to be sent back to Earth armed with some %(-#@+00(*#&)%<(#."/(,#)%&#)#,(*+"5,0K#*(+%/+8"*)!(&#.5,+<)0# &+(!9#?0>(+!#>+])**(;#!'+,#+,#!'(#6*(.+,(#"7#!'(#%(-#.5,+<#/+&("#7"*# “Paddling Out,” off of Miike Snow’s new album Happy to You. ?7!(*#!'(#$*,!#0+,!(%;#,!*)%8(0K#(%"58';#H#7(0!#H#<"50&#,K.6)!'+](# -+!'#!'(#(<<(%!*+<#.)%#+%#!'(#/+&("#)%&#')&#+%#7)<!#(N6(*+(%<(&# c!"#)#0(,,(*#&(8*((d#.K#"-%#V*)%@(%,!(+%+)%#.5,+<#*(F5/(%)!+"%9
Happy to You is best described as baroque pop in space- I’m thinking like the Phantom of the Opera and Mozart chilling with some robots. The album features clanging piano rhythms, catchy disco undertones, handclaps, echoes, and a steady stream of drumming, making you feel at times like you are trapped inside large timpani. The Swedish trio’s sophomore attempt is weirder, louder, faster, and feels more conceptual. There are hints of a more ominous melancholy, showcased best
M5!#!'(#*()0#-+%%(*#7"*#.(#+,#E?*<'+6(0)8"i;#)#6(*7(<!#>0(%&#"7# *(0)N(&#<"%/(*,)!+"%#!*)%,+!+"%+%8#!"#&)%<(#(N!),K;#0+@(#)%K# *()00K#8*()!#<"00(8(#6)*!K9#H#')&#0+@(&#L++@(#J%"-I,#$*,!#*(0(),(;# K(!#%(/(*#,)-#.K,(07#),#)#!*5(#7)%3#'"-(/(*;#Happy To You '),#<(.(%!(&#!'(.#),#<*()!"*,#"7#"%(#"7#.K#7)/"*+!(#)0>5.,# of the year. The music on this album combines the ultra crazy techno-induced party jam with calming whispers of confusion )%&#/50%(*)>+0+!K;#K(!#!'(#6*"&5<!#+,#,".(!'+%8#*(.)*@)>0K# )<<(,,+>0(9#?%&#!')!I,#-')!#L++@(#J%"-#+,S#)#>0+,,750#(,<)6(#!"#)# place that isn’t so foreign. 0+/+#MAGNANINI
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J".(#,(/(%!((%#)0>5.,#0)!(*#)%&#?%+#A+V*)%<"#+,#,!+00#<*()!+%8# unique music, jam packed with meaningful lyrics in her new album ~:'+<'#J+&(#?*(#U"5#b%Z#='(#?%+#7)%#-+00#$%&#<".7"*!#+%# the singer/songwriter/producer’s take on what her life has meant )%&#.()%,#!'5,#7)*;#),#85)*)%!((&#-+!'#)%K#?%+#)0>5.;#>5!#"7# <"5*,(#+!#+,#%(/(*#!'(#,).(#),#!'(#0),!9#R"-#<"50&#+!#>(Z#:(#)*(# <"%,!)%!0K#<')%8+%8#)%&#(/"0/+%8#),#'5.)%,;#)%&#?%+#A+V*)%<"# )%&#!'(#.5,+<#,'(#<*()!(,#+,#%"#(N<(6!+"%9#="#>(#)%#?%+#7)%#+,#!"# ')/(#0+,!(%(&#!"#'(*#)0>5.,;#7"00"-+%8#'(*#6*"8*(,,+"%#7*".#!'(# young twenty year old to the mature adult that she is now, each )0>5.#<"/(*+%8#)#&+77(*(%!#,(8.(%!#"7#'(*#0+7(;#()<'#*(2(<!+%8# !'(#">,(*/)!+"%,#)%&#0+7(#0(,,"%,;#'(*#6"(!*K#(N6*(,,(&#+%,6+*(&# by the time. We hear her comment on growing up in the second track of this album, “Unworry,”: “…and I gotta say I’m amazed/ not in )#8""&#-)Kh#'"-#.5<'#H#&"%I!#*(.(.>(*;i#)%&#EHI/(#>(<".(# ."*(#6()<(750h#%"#."*(#$8'!+%I9i#='+,#+,#)#/(*K#&+77(*(%!#?%+# !')%#!'(#()*0+(*#)%8*K#?%+#-(#-(*(#+%!*"&5<(&#!"#"%#'(*#)0>5.,#
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in “Black Tin Box” )%&#EM)/)*+)%#}`# (Say You Will)”, but mostly Happy to You is oddly charming. E1%!(*#!'(#B"@(*I,# X)+*i#+,#!'(#$*,!#!*)<@# and the best example of the baroque-popin-space concept they are going for, with fading sound bites and ultra high-pitched clangs on the piano keys. The weirdness <"%!+%5(,#+%#EW"&#R(06#='(#A+/"*<(i;#K(!#!'(#%)**)!"*#>(<".(,# *(0)!)>0(9#1/(%#+7#K"5#&"%I!#E8"#!"#!'(#>)*#)%&#,)K#,(.+S,(N+,!# things” or “take your tea in silence”, you sympathize with what he’s saying.
A+0)!( and Like I Said. Our ?%+#A+V*)%<"#+,#)00#8*"-%# up. (Sniff!) But don’t be sad because our passionate )*!+,!#'),#)#$*(#>5*%+%8#+%,+&(#'(*#,!+00;#)%&#+!#+,#&+,60)K(&#-+!'# perfection in the title song. This soulful, musically exciting remake of the old classic written by Florence Reece in 1931, E:'+<'#J+&(#?*(#U"5#b%Zi#<)00,#"%#5,#!"#<"%!+%5(#!"#,!)%&#56# 7"*#"5*#*+8'!,9#='+,#,"%8#)0,"#<)00,#"%#5,#!"#&)%<(3#H#60)K#!'+,# !5%(#)%&#H#')/(#!"#8(!#56#)%&#."/(g#H!I,#)%#(,6(<+)00K#*(0(/)%!# tune to dig out of the old tunes box, as the United States ,!*5880(,#!"#"/(*<".(#6"0+!+<)0#<"**56!+"%9#='+,#,"%8#+,#)%#)&50!# *(,6"%,(#!"#!'(#6"0+!+<)0#6*">0(.,#7)<(&#!"&)K3#)#.5<'#."*(# grown up response than, “Fuck you and your untouchable 7)<(h75<@#K"5#7"*#(N+,!+%8#+%#!'(#$*,!#60)<(;i#7*".#A+0)!(. Rest ),,5*(&;#!'+,#)0>5.#+,#(/+&(%<(#!')!#"5*#?%+#'),#8*"-%#56#>5!# she has not sold out. . lisa KOHLMANN