In honor of REVUE's Hot Issue (on stands now), I feel that it is my duty to bring forth to your attention a scorching hot national act: Lykke Li.
Lykke Li's got the hot gig down. She's Sweedish, young (23, to be exact), has her own label (LL Recordings), and recorded her debut album, Youth Novels, with Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn & John fame (they're the guys who brought us the hot tune "Young Folks." You know, the one with the whistling). It seems Youth Novels has hit every publication and media outlet's top list since its release in 2008 - with good reason.
Youth Novels is not like anything that's currently on the charts, or something that has ever been on the charts. Her soft, haunting voice is reminiscent of Cat Power's, but with a sweeter mystique. Her songs are lo-fi indie pop backed with infectious percussion such as in "Dance, Dance, Dance."
The instruments Lykke Li chooses are not your standard guitar/bass/drum set. She combines instruments and sounds to make her music seem exotic, and even futuristic as times, like in infectious "I'm Good, I'm Gone." Other songs are whimsical, like "Little Bit" and "Tonight," which have the formula to turn the romantic dreamers into melted butter, while "Breaking It Up" has serious Peter, Bjorn & John influence.
Lykke Li will be performing this weekend at Lollapalooza in Chicago. For those potential Lolla attenders that are on the fence, I encourage you to go just to hear one of the most creative sounds that has ever come out of my speakers.
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