Youth Novels＜初回生産限定盤＞

2008年注目のスウェディッシュ・ガールLYKKE LIのデビュー・アルバム!ヒッピー世代の両親に連れられ、ポルトガルやネパール、インド、モロッコ等で生活していたこともあり、そうした生い立ちが反映されているのか、彼女のサウンドにはテルミンやカズー、ハープシコード等、実に様々な楽器が隠し味として登場している。アルバムのプロデュースを手掛けたのは口笛ソングで世界を魅了した、Peter Bjorn and JohnのBjorn YttlingとLasse Marten。その美貌は勿論、レトロ・フューチャー的なエレクトロ・ポップな曲調と甘く囁くようなキュートなヴォーカルは、世界の早耳音楽マニアの耳とハートをいち早くキャッチ!一部では「ブログ世代のマドンナ」と騒がれております。

Paste - "[D]eterminedly diverse....[YOUTH NOVELS] marries inventive dance rhythms to confessional songwriting....With Li finding cathartic joy in the simple act of making music." Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ixing adorable playground scats with spoken-word whispers and parched coos....The arrangements also dress simple tunes in surprising ways, with odd choral bits and percolating percussion webs..." Global Rhythm - "Whether she's waxing intimate and vulnerable on the echo-washed piano ballad 'Melodies & Desires,' or rocking out on the oddly new-wavish 'Breaking It Up,' Li is adding a fresh voice to a growing collective of homegrown Swedish talent..." Blender - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'My Love' blooms from a simple Spanish guitar into a cymbal-crashing Phil Spector grandeur, and the funereal closer, 'Window Blue,' reveals the sultry timbres of her voice." Spin - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he approach proves bulletproof: Her voice is mousy, the low end juicy, the melodies sketchy, the choruses huge." Spin - Ranked #36 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[T]he steely passion is pure Lykke Li -- this is her proclamation of absolute fidelity." Magnet - "'Dance Dance Dance' is driven by a basic acoustic-guitar rhythm, a chugging horn section, minimal percussion and found sounds..." CMJ - "[S]he churns out bright electro-pop at one moment, and then turns around and pumps out tracks full of live instrumentation and delicately soulful crooning at another."

'Youth Novels' is the debut album from Swedish singer songwriter Lykke Li. Produced and recorded by Peter, Bjorn And John's Bjorn Yttling, the album's mix of simple electro and quirky indie pop sits perfectly below Li's breathy, pixie-like vocals and has seen her compared to Iceland's biggest export Bjork. The singles 'Breaking It Up' and 'Little Bit' are included.|