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Two new acoustic-based releases from the Fireside frontman. The "There For" EP is a mostly bare-bones affair with just a bit of string augmentation and not much more. Good stuff, but probably just for people who are already fans. Now "Loupita" is a different story. It's all acoustic as well, but it's much more fleshed out and features plenty of guest vocals from Britta Persson and beautiful slide guitar work from Mattias Friberg of Logh. The obvious point of reference is Iron & Wine for the style and instrumentation, but the recording quality is not nearly as quaint. Well, except for the one home-recorded instrumental track "Loupita #2". At first I was thinking this was going to end up more as a teaser for the upcoming full band album due out later this year, but it is more than capable of standing on its own. As always, the songs are great. There's no question about that, but it's the vibe that takes it to the next level. The atmosphere is so relaxed and comfortable that Kristofer breaks a string on the song "Devil" and they left it on the final CD version. That sort of touch brings an extra sense of humanity and intimacy to the music which is something that can't be manufactured with rack units, mixing consoles or the like. And unlike a lot of stuff I've been hearing lately, the CD gets better the deeper you get into it. The second half (including the Friberg-penned track "I collect knives") is absolutely sublime, right through the end with the closer "Just another lovesong". Highly recommended.
- Avi Roig
If you've heard anything off of Kristofer Åström's new album "Loupita", you already know that Britta possesses an excellent voice. Kristofer's vote of confidence should make that go without saying. I was quite curious to hear what caught Kristofer's attention, so I was very excited to get this demo for my own listening pleasure. I was not let down - Britta is obviously a young lady of much talent and these four songs show a lot of potential. The singing is great - we already know that, but the songs are pretty strong as well and there's definitely some good ideas at work. My sole complaint is that her English is less than stellar and her lyrics suffer accordingly. Maybe I'm too old or something, but lines like "What I need is a program to defrag my heart" make me cringe. Still, she's young and this is only a demo, so I'm not sweating it. I look forward to hearing her in the future, as I don't doubt she'll be getting better and better.
- Avi Roig
Fredrik may have beaten me to it by posting an mp3 to the most recent Startracks newsletter, but I'm going to go ahead and put up a new Kristofer Åström mp3 anyway. The track is the first single from the new acoustic album "Loupita" and features guest vocals from Britta Persson. Britta is a young up-and-coming singer/songwriter herself and her demo is pretty great. I'm sure we'll be hearing lots more from her in the future.
Swedish singer/songwriter Britta Persson now has a website up: http://brittapersson.com/
Apparently "The Wild" will be the first single from Kristofer Åstrõm's new album "Loupita". As mentioned before, up-and-coming singer/songwriter Britta Persson performs guest vocals on the track.
Tracklist for Kristofer Åstrõm's new all-acoustic album "Loupita":
01. Loupita #3
02. Devil
03. Idiot talk
04. The wild
05. I am not the case
06. Loupita #2
07. Spinning
08. Well go on
09. I collect knives
10. Walpurgis night
11. Better with the night
12. Loupita #1
13. Just another lovesong
Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Britta Persson guests on two songs and track #9 was written by the talented Mattias Friberg of Logh. Can't wait to hear it.