Sval – Fasitsvar

“One of the best tracks we’ve covered in weeks.”

Tim: Last time we talked about Sval, you mentioned you were ‘a sucker for a well-placed “heeey” sample’. Assuming the same hold true for a “heeeyo”, this one may well hit the spot.

Tim: And what a horribly abrupt ending that was.

Tom: What? That was a brilliant ending. In fact that was a brilliant track. And an astonishing video. In fact, all of that added up to one of the best tracks we’ve covered in weeks.

Tim: You’ll recall she’s Norwegian; the title means “definitive answer”.

Tom: And the chorus translates, roughly, as “we are in the midst of everything and we are nothing, and we are here without any definitive answer”. I’m not quite sure what that’s about.

Tim: I don’t care, though, because aside from the first verse that sounds too quiet after the hefty intro, and the aforementioned ending, this is a lovely track. She has a lovely voice, the instrumentation underneath is that lovely but not hugely common combination of drum-led and listenable. I’ve said lovely a lot there, but never mind.

Tom: That pretty much sums up my thoughts: more like this, please.

Tim: This is a very, very good track, and one that’s really got me hoping an album’s not far behind.