MP3: Thomas Dybdahl - Cecilia
There's always way too many things to do the day before going on vacation, so I'm going to have to make this short, especially since I'm going to try to write a few extra mp3 posts for next week before I leave. Thomas Dybdahl could probably be considered the Norwegian equivilent to José González 'cept that instead of José's excellent finger-picking you get a young man with a sweet, smokey voice whose songs tend to be on the more soulful side of things. I imagine a lot of indier-than-thou types will probably find his music a bit too MOR, but to me good music is good music and I really like Thomas' style. He never overdoes it like, say Nicolai Dunger for example (I'm a fan, but he definitely oversings sometimes) - instead, he keeps things chill and lowkey. I imagine him melting hearts everywhere he goes. It's unbelievable it took some three odd years for him to get a US deal. I can't imagine him being a hard sell at all. This particular song I've posted today from his 2003 album "Stray dogs" is about as uptempo as Thomas gets and happens to be one of my favorites as well. Catchy, but in an extremely subdued way. Good to calm the nerves on a day when I feel manic.
Thomas Dybdahl - Cecilia