Pitchfork

Writing about this song a few weeks ago, Stephen M. Deusner called it "a rather visual folk-rock ballad, so much so that you an almost watch it as it happens: it begins with Fröberg singing and playing piano, alone on stage. Halfway through the first verse, the house lights rise to show a bluesy guitar and Morén in the background, singing along. Blue gels color the soaring chorus, casting a melancholy shade on their sunny harmonies. Marimbas enter stage left, and eventually, a full string section takes its place under the spotlights for the song's ending." To which I can only add: Boy, I like this chorus. The video finds the guys playing an intense game of chess underneath a blaring light.

 

[from Turn Heads; out now on Cheap Lullaby]