Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Reviews of Youth Novels

Rating Summary
7 by Aftonbladet Med en pappa som är Söderhavskung på Kurrekurreduttön – eller i alla fall ett par föräldrar som är gamla rockrävar och bor på en bergstopp i Portugal med en massa djur – kan jag inte låta bli att tänk... Read more
7 by Dagensskiva.com Med en pappa som är Söderhavskung på Kurrekurreduttön – eller i alla fall ett par föräldrar som är gamla rockrävar och bor på en bergstopp i Portugal med en massa djur – kan jag inte låta bli att tänk... Read more
4 by Sydsvenskan Den gamla teknikfientliga sanningen att en bra låt ska gå att framföra på bara en akustisk gitarr borde vara död och begraven sedan länge. Att Lykke Li ibland gräver upp den igen känns mest som en slu... Read more
3.5 by Rolling Stone Would Abba have posted a YouTube video of themselves busking on a Stockholm street with a toy piano? Well, that idea works for their oddball homegirl Lykke Li, a charming, globe-trotting hippie kid wh... Read more
n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com Still only 22 (!), Lykke Li has constructed one of 2008's most ambitiously grandiose statements. Madonna can shuffle off to her Live Nation millions, a new pop saviour has been found. Read more
n/a by www.hotpress.com Charming debut from flirtatious Scandinavian popette. Read more
n/a by Billboard With a tiny voice, minimalist arrangements and simple lyrics, this Swedish songwriter has crafted what seems like a magical album, where all its small elements coalesce into something quite big. Read more
n/a by www.drownedinsound.com Youth Novels is a twinkle-toed debut that dares to suggest what others can only make tediously plain, and leaves us in the rarely-enjoyed position of actually wanting more. Read more
n/a by NME Simple but sensational. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media By paying attention to detail, Yttling and Li's prove that doesn't have to be [an impossible task]. But even more impressive is the way their intimate, playful miniatures capture the daring and novelty of modern pop, as well as its hooks. Read more
n/a by Popmatters Classy, fun, sensual, and more grown-up than youd expect, its the kind of confident debut that puts the Kate Nashes of the world to shame. Read more
n/a by www.musicomh.com As things stand, a lot of people are going to fall in love with this new young talent, and her ambitious and creative debut. But Lykke Li is likely to stay a cult curiosity for now. Read more
n/a by www.spin.com The endlessly quotable single 'Little Bit'--For you I keep my legs apart / And forget about my tainted heart, the singer coos over spare electro clatter--is already a viral smash, but much of Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson's debut is nearly as riveting. Read more
n/a by www.slantmagazine.com Overall, Li manages not to get swept away by Yttling and Mårtén's resourceful accompaniments....Her bashfulness is, in fact, an asset. Read more
n/a by www.urb.com Lykke Li manages to combine Feists beautiful crooning with Robyns playful spunk in her own impressively unique way. Read more
n/a by music.guardian.co.uk She's that kind of singer: cutesy, coy, with a voice as sweet as golden syrup. Read more
n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com These songs arent necessarily greater than the pop tunes around them, but they are different, more singular and more interesting. Read more
n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com Youth Novels serves as an entertaining, but ultimately inadequate introduction to Lykke Li. Read more
n/a by www.avclub.com Li adeptly straddles the line between instant gratification and minimalist smarts. Read more
n/a by thephoenix.com Youth Novels, one-ups the competition by being sillier, funkier, and less comfortable--more Konichiwa Bitches than Keren Ann. Read more
n/a by www.pastemagazine.com Even if a few experiments fall flat, on the rest of Youth Novels Li is as witty and self-possessed, even if most of her songs brutally document her emotional masochism. Read more
n/a by www.austinchronicle.com Her confidence trumps cute here. Read more