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16 januari 2014

ARTIST Last Lynx rosas

Svenska Last Lynx [SoFo Records / Universal Music] rosas av The Guardian för sin kommande singel Lacuna. Den här veckan hade bandets nya video premiär på den brittiska tidningens hemsida.

Lats Lynx består av Robin Eveborn (sång, keyboards), Fredric Lindblom (trummor, sång), Marcus Lindblom (gitarr), Kim Lindqvist (bas, sång) och Camilla Dahlstedt (sång, syntar).

Så här skriver The Guardian om Last Lynx, som hyllas som New Band Of The Day:

“There are echoes of West Coast easy-listening, of mainstream ’70s and ’80s pop, of Yacht Rock, even of chillwave. Notice there a narrowing of reach as you move from music that was arguably the most popular of its era – Fleetwood Mac particularly – to music that ironically or lovingly paid it homage to limited commercial effect, to music with only the vaguest hint of the enormity of the original audience. Last Lynx have the potential to be bigger than a Washed Out (who, by the way, we love). Besides, they’re not a laptop loner, they’re a band, and as such they’re more Haim-like.

Or Cardigans-like. Let’s not ignore the other key factor behind their luscious poppiness: their Swedishness. We’re not talking Max Martin or any of those deathlessly machine-perfect dance producers du jour. We’re talking about that innate knack for the mellifluous, melodic and rhythmic peculiar to Scandinavians. They emerged a year or so ago with debut track Killing Switch, which shot to #1 on the Hype Machine days after its release. It could have been about euthanasia or merely a metaphor for a heartless lover, but the music was Haim/Mac-esque in its unruffled smoothness.

Next release, the Alaska EP, featured midtempo funkmospherica worthy of Empire Of The Sun and was followed by the Ocean Reels EP, produced by Lasse Mårtén (Lykke Li, Nikki & the Dove, Peter, Bjorn & John etc). It’s an excellent showcase for their brand of lush restrained emotionalism – on Late Disco, Robin Eveborn and Camilla Dahlstedt come across like a frozen tundra Ben Watt and Tracy Thorn, dispatching with icy passion such missives as, ”I lost my way back then – hope you didn’t think I was a monster, but I am.” City Lights is electronica-lite, but things take a turn for the intensely poppy on Leave Them Behind, notwithstanding the references to suicide. The Great Water Sequel recalls Wings/ELO with a dash of Polyphonic Spree. Luminous Blue warns about trapdoors while sounding like a gateway to paradise. If the new single Lacuna – available as a free download through the band’s Facebook page for a limited period – is any measure, their forthcoming Rifts EP, another collaboration with Mårtén, should be another doozy. It is gorgeous, although as ever we can’t vouch for its success beyond the purely theoretical.

File next to: Cardigans, Haim, Empire Of The Sun, Everything But The Girl.”

Claes Olson

Foto: Richard Franzén

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Länkar:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/14/last-lynx

Urban Outfitters Blog

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/music_monday_december_23_2013?cm_re=Blog_Content-_-B8-_-music_monday_december_23_2013

Meadown Music – Favourite Songs of 2013 – Hype M

http://meadowmusic.se/en/2013/12/favourite-songs-from-2013/

Hearty Vibes – Hype M

http://www.hearty-vibes.com/2013/12/last-lynx-no-1988.html

Music Shepherd

http://musicshepherd.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/song-of-the-day-last-lynx/

Lobos en Bolos

http://lobosenbolos.com/?p=1896

Backseat Mafia

http://backseatmafia.com/2013/12/22/new-music-last-lynx-lacuna/

Tigers Lions & Bears

http://tlbmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-lynx-loving.html

Vocododo – Hype M

http://vocododo.blogspot.fr/2014/01/last-lynx-lacuna.html

Dude’s Universe

http://dudreuil.com/last-lynx-lacuna/

Slow Show – Hype M

http://rosvot.fi/slowshow/fast-show-13

Pause Musicale – Hype M

http://pausemusicale.com/last-lynx-lacuna/

Earbuddy – Hype M

http://www.earbuddy.net/39699/broken-bells-yacht-pinkunoizu.html/columns/singlesbuffet

Blah Blah Blah Science – Hype M

http://blahblahblahscience.com/track-reviews/last-lynx-lacuna

Seattle in High Def – Hype M

http://seainhd.com/2013/12/last-lynx-lastlynxmusic-and-lacuna.html

In Your Speakers – Hype M

http://inyourspeakers.com/content/news/268-check-out-last-lynxs-dreamy-new-song-12172013

Invasion Magazine

http://www.invasionmag.com/2013/12/new-music-last-lynx-lacuna/

Shout 4 Music

http://www.shout4music.com/features/new-music-weekly-42

Do You Like That Song

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Beware Mag

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The Music Fix

http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/19923/music-news-round-up-we-14-december-news.html

Goodish Music

http://www.goodishmusic.com/2013/12/download-last-lynx-lacuna.html

Your Music Today

http://www.yourmusictoday.com/2013/12/16/lynx-lacuna-download/

Under The Radar

http://www.undertheradarmag.com/media/lacuna_mp3_stream/

London On The Inside

http://londontheinside.com/2013/12/20/last-lynx-lacuna/

Musicalism

http://blog.musicalism.fm/post/70484877512/last-lynx-lacuna

Do You Like That Song

http://doyoulikethatsong.com/2013/12/13/last-lynx-lacuna/

Beware Mag

http://bewaremag.com/2013/12/14/la-selection-89/

The Music Fix

http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/19923/music-news-round-up-we-14-december-news.html

Slow Show – Hype M

http://rosvot.fi/slowshow/fast-show-13

Pause Musicale – Hype M

http://pausemusicale.com/last-lynx-lacuna/

Earbuddy – Hype M

http://www.earbuddy.net/39699/broken-bells-yacht-pinkunoizu.html/columns/singlesbuffet

Blah Blah Blah Science – Hype M

http://blahblahblahscience.com/track-reviews/last-lynx-lacuna

Invasion Magazine

http://www.invasionmag.com/2013/12/new-music-last-lynx-lacuna/

Clash – Lacuna premiere

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/exclusive-last-lynx-lacuna

https://twitter.com/clash_music/status/410378049088004096

Hype Machine

http://hypem.com/track/21228/Last+Lynx+-+Lacuna

Earmilk

http://www.earmilk.com/2013/12/12/last-lynx-lacuna/

The Line of Best Fit

http://thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/blog/last-lynx-lacuna-143020

Hilly Dilly

http://www.hillydilly.com/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna/

Chill Sounds Good Music

http://chillsoundsgoodmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna.html

FRUKT Fixers playlist

https://soundcloud.com/fruktfixers/sets/the-fix-13th-december-13

Press Play OK

http://pressplayok.com/singles-round-running-fog-rochelle-jordan-phantogram-wake-owl-last-lynx/

TMRW Magazine

http://www.tmrwmagazine.com/music/last-lynx-lacuna/

Analogue Spheres – Hype M

http://analoguespheres.com/post/69798488866

Musigh – Hype M

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Brightside Live

http://www.brightsidelive.com/last-lynx-lacuna-indie/

i Heart Moosiq

http://iheartmoosiq.tumblr.com/post/69838365842/swedish-band-last-lynx-first-turned-some-heads#_=_

It’s All Indie

http://www.itsallindie.com/2013/12/last-lynx-reveal-new-track-lacuna.html

Portadelphia

http://portadelphia.tumblr.com/post/69593971527/last-lynx-lacuna

Silknoise

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Mostly Junkfood

http://www.mostlyjunkfood.com/mp3-last-lynx-lacuna/

Alfitude

http://alfitude.com/2013/12/10/free-download-last-lynx-lacuna/

But We Have Music

http://www.butwehavemusic.com/last-lynx-lacuna-nouveau-single-24251

One From The Vaults

http://www.onefromthevaults.co.uk/2013/12/10/new-last-lynx/

Kulturbloggen

http://kulturbloggen.com/?p=78335

Festivalrykten

http://www.festivalrykten.se/lyssna-last-lynx-lacuna/

Why Figh

http://www.whyfigh.com/2013/12/12/last-lynx-lacuna/

Meadow Music

http://meadowmusic.se/en/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna/

Best in New Music

http://www.bestinnewmusic.com/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna.html#.UqiqoBYdLHg

Nessy Mon – 2XM

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Caesar live n loud

http://www.caesarlivenloud.com/2013/12/listen-to-lacuna-last-lynx.html

Justin Reviews The World

http://justinreviewstheworld.tumblr.com/post/69795428092/last-lynx-lacuna-look-im-a-sucker-for

Being Blogged

http://beingblogged.se/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna/

The Kollection

http://thekollection.com/lacuna-last-lynx/?utm_medium=twitter

Hype Hits

http://www.hypehits.com/1/post/2013/12/last-lynx-lacuna.html

Music Injections

http://musicinjections.tumblr.com/post/69884292349/last-lynx-lacuna