Koop - Come To Me

Swedish duo Koop cite jazz and love as their influences and both are certainly in evidence here. Jazz-tinged drum brushing and smooth horns combine effortlessly with words of love, evoking late-'20s, basement club nights where many a smoke-filled romance was acted out through the medium of swing. As pure a pop-jazz offering as you'll hear all year, Come To Me is beautifully simple yet highly musical accomplished. Like a soundtrack to the greatest war time drama ever. Buy it. [Jon Seller]