Dixiez – It’s Okay

“You ever wanted a button you can push that will immediately bring a smile to your face?”

Tim: You ever wanted a button you can push that will immediately bring a smile to your face, Tom? Well, it’s the play button that you’ll find just here.

Tom: What… what? That’s… that’s almost like a cliché of every dansband-y, schlager-y, pop song ever. I mean, I can’t deny it’s put a smile on my face, but what’s with that album art?

Tim:   Jordskott is a Swedish murder mystery programme from earlier this year, and this song showed up in our inbox; I don’t know to what extent this is actually “from” it, but dammit I sure as hell want to watch it now.

Tom: This is going to be used in some ironic “finding the body under really happy music”, isn’t it? The radio that’s playing it will get turned off by a grim-faced detective, and the sudden silence will make it clear just how Bleak This All Is.

Tim: I can’t quite imagine how it does fit in there, though admittedly I can’t find a translation of the lyrics so they might be horrifically upsetting for all I know; I’d be amazed though, partly because, well, the title, and also because the music is JUST SO HAPPY. Like I said earlier, you push play and you smile. You’ve got your trumpets right in there, all fanfare-y and proud and, well basically that’s it, but that really is enough. It’s just LOVELY.