Top 10 of 2011
5: Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
I have my dear friend John to thank for getting me into this fellow’s music. He played the role of Darwin in ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’, which is where we first heard him, and then John went and looked up his own work. This is his second album, and it’s an amazing work. If you wanted me to boil it down, it’s probably ‘European electro-pop’, but it’s way more than that. The production is very considered and not at all over the top, and there’s the feeling that these songs have been crafted exquisitely from the ground up. It’s very mature feeling, but given that I don’t speak Swedish I have no idea what he’s singing about. I just can’t stop listening to it. It’s exquisite from start to finish.
Top Tracks: Som Om, Centrum, Min Ljusaste Röst