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DiS' Song of the Day #10: LYKKE LI 'Complaint Department'
'Complaint Department' by Lykke Li
Lykke Li is divisive in ways that are quite unexpected. On the one hand, some girls I know love her because she writes great bedroom-turned-dancefloor pop, like a scandi Bat for Lashes swinging from Madonna's chandelier. On the other, girls hate her because guys tend to get obsessed with listening to her on headphones, their eyes lost in some filthy daydream. What's odd, is her debut lp Youth Novels, awash in a sea of Feist and Santigold, sort of got lost, with little debate about its merits and few people singing its praises. And to be honest, I saw her live at SXSW having heard some early demo tracks on blogs, listened to the LP a couple of times and it sort of past me by until one dreary day I misclicked my iPod and her drizzly-disco began pouring out.
People often talk about albums you have to listen to on headphones in the right context and often it sounds like bullshit but this song in particular is perfect for the heavy grey day we're currently enduring in London today. It sounds like the beginning of the end of a party, it sounds like what other people hear when they hear Ellie Goulding, it sounds like she's an Uffie you could take home to meet your mother and, above all, it sounds like more people should be anticipating the follow-up lp later this year.
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Ud4yKpI4k
Listen on DiS' Song of the Day Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/2X2pqoL4G7glBX4js6MU8K
Thoughts? Marks out of 10?
like the album, not this song though
goes nowhere, weak beat
4/10
other stuff a bit like this i've been liking lately and may song of the day at some point
jj http://open.spotify.com/album/0J0rFQDKn8v8EfAoRJ9Ojs
White Hinterland http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2010/01/premiere-white-hinterland-icarus.html (via the Lauren Laverne show on 6Music)
Miracles Club http://www.myspace.com/themiraclesclub
maybe
i only ever listen to it really loud, so never feels too weak :)
I'd also say it's not the best song of her's.
That'd be "Little Bit", or "Let it Fall". At any rate though, I really loved Youth Novels.
Youth Novels is a really great album
but this is not the song i'd have used to showcase it.
Would be keen to see her live - is she any good?
I agree
Great album, but Complaint Department is by far the weakest track on it.
she's great
does an excellent A Milli cover
She's wonderful live
Truly.
I found her really boring live
the album got kinda boring pretty fast too unfortunatly. I can only really remember dance dance dance off it now and I'm tired of that track. I might keep an ear out for what she does next but its all a bit limp so far.
s'alright, i think you're pretty spot in with it being a lot better when you're in a certain mood/situation.
6/10