Miss Li
Best of 061122 - 071122
National
Love her or hate her, Miss Li has proven herself one of the more prolific Swedish acts of recent memory. Personally, there is something about her music -- the strangely functional blend of theatrical, cabaret-like eccentrics, her voice that simultaneously holds the innocence of a child and the wisdom of a young woman who grew up rather quickly -- that draws me in, sometimes quite against my own will. Miss Li covers a lot of ground on this celebration of a year's worth of her music: "Seems like we lost it" would not feel particularly out of place on the soundtrack to "American Graffiti"; "Leave my man alone" has a peculiarly Eastern European feel to it; and "I'm sorry, he's mine" seems to find a convergence point between the two previously discussed tracks, working in the Old World European elements into a 50s American musical vehicle. If you can fall in love with her quirks, Miss Li is a richly rewarding pop musician -- not just in her voice or her skillful musicianship, but in the amount of personality and fun that she imbues her compositions with.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
