Tim: Latest track to come from his Swedish album Fjärilar i Magen, and it’s a lovely number to start your week.
Tim: You see? Lovely, and we have another track where, once again, I must face up to the fact that I’m basically useless at getting anything that requires effort done if it isn’t absolutely necessary, as I still haven’t got anywhere learning Swedish and I’d love to know what this is all about.
Tom: To be fair, I think “learning an entire new language” is a pretty high bar to clear. to make it worse, my brain is convinced that pre-chorus is actually just English played backwards: there’s something weird about the cadence that reminds me of backmasking. It’s probably just autotune.
Tim: Really? It’s sounds fine to me, but in any case Google Translate isn’t particularly legible, and even the title seems off – apparently Lagom means Moderate, but that’s a really weird name for a song. However, so what if we can’t judge the lyrics – everything else is there to be heard, and bloody marvellous it really is.
Tom: Hmm, I wouldn’t agree. I thought “ah, that’s the final chorus” at about two minutes in, and then was surprised when I realised we hadn’t even hit the middle eight yet. It just seems to drag — which is strange for something that’s so upbeat. What works for you?
Tim: Well, we’ve got on point vocals, top strumming action that’s busy and accompanied enough to not be annoying, with some great strings coming along in the back – all in all, top tune.