Laleh – Tusen Bitar

“Cheerful.”

Tim: There’s a Swedish film out; it’s called Tusen Bitar, much like this song from its soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-1t1qfRLWM

Tim: It’s a cover of a song from a few years back, but is substantially more cheerful, and I like that a lot.

Tom: Agreed: without that cheerful tone, this song could easily turn into a dirge.

Tim: The title means Thousand Pieces, and as for the rest of the lyrics I’m having a little trouble parsing what Google’s spitting out, but never mind – basically, it’s a fun track to listen to which has been given a rather happy makeover. So who’s complaining?

Tom: Well, me, but only slightly. There’s a lot of potential for a Big Rousing Outro here, and I don’t think it ever quite reaches the potential it’s got.

Tim: It’s lovely, especially with those strings all over the place. Reminiscent of Call Me Maybe at the start, actually, though that’s probably not what she’s going for. Oh well.