Album title:
Let Me Introduce My Friends
Artist:
I'm From Barcelona
Label:
Interpop
What is it with Sweden? From the sugary sound of The Concretes to the windswept laments of Jens Lekman, this Nordic land has produced a plethora of elegiac artists. And in I'm From Barcelona it's about to unleash another. The Jonkoping group's debut LP 'Let Me Introduce My Friends' is a sugary blend of Go! Team ebullience and Belle & Sebastian twee. Glowing like a mid-afternoon sun, this record is bursting with sultry strings and heart-melting harmonies. We're From Barcelona is a jingling blast of pop-perfection soaked in pure pleasure whilst This Boy is a hand-clapping, xylophonic cacophony of song-writing mastery that's as dreamy as a blustery afternoon. With twenty-nine members who crave the wonderment of childhood this is an inspirational and infectious album that could soundtrack any Enid Blyton novel. Autumn may be on the horizon, but with I'm From Barcelona it feels like summer every day of the year. [Billy Hamilton]