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Fredrik
Flora
“Sophisticated and ingenious…gorgeous and clever throughout. It’s forceful, sensuous music with a refreshing clarity of intention. - Pitchfork
“quirky but elegant, spare but rich… just gorgeous and hypnotic.” - NPR
“The ambient super group Jose Gonzales forgot to join, there’s little not to like in this gentle, unassuming gem. - Under the Radar
Swedish electro-folk three-piece Fredrik, comprised of Fredrik Hultin, O. Lindefelt, and newest addition, instrumentalist/vocalist Anna Moberg, have returned with their third full-length album, FLORA. The follow-up to their acclaimed sophomore album Trilogi, the album was recorded in their ramshackle garden studio last summer, and marks a departure from the wintry moods of the band’s first two outings.
According to Fredrik, flower season is anything but lemonades and hammocks. The music paints a vision of summer as the darkness beneath, a busy, feverish, sprawling organic chaos. The three members build songs from dense, wavering textures of voice, strings, brass and twinkly homemade folk instruments, all couched on top of a smattering of haywire orchestral drums and swirly electronics. In keeping with all their previous work, there’s the attention to detail, the unfailing knack for melody-making and the misadventures in hyper-soprano singing, not to mention Hultin‘s restful, abstract storytelling.
The trio will return to the US for a tour down to this year’s SXSW ‘11. Stay tuned for details.
FLORA Track Listing:
01 Ylva
02 Vattenfront
03 Chrome Cavities
04 Rites of Spring
05 The North Greatern
06 Caleido Kalahari
07 Inventress of Ill (and Everything)
08 Naruto and the End of the Broken Ear
09 The Shape and Colour of Things Gone Blind
10 I’m Pretty Sure He Said Killdren
11 Axis
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