Cargo Records

Sing A Song Fighter!

Blood Music's Sing A Song Fighter!, is a truly righteous demonstration of the electric sound of joy.

The new solo project from First Floor Power's Karl-Jonas Winqvist is a playful, bubbling, juicy, keys-slathered batch of pop songs and buoyant, sampledelic dance-pop slinkers, with the occasional nod to the rustic folk of his region, courtesy a healthy helping of accordion, mandolin, glockenspiel, flute, and balalaika... What's so intriguing and endearing is the way Karl-Jonas Winqvist puts words and phrases in odd and strange places within these songs. And, you guessed it, the results are magical. He's free forming like Lloyd Cole on a Pro-Tools bender (in a Pro-Tools blender?), and the array of molecules that reside between the beat and the melody and his voice are vibrating with a special sultry energy, while his come-closer conversationally David Byrne/Talking Heads-esque lyrics are as charming as charming is allowed to get nowadays. Sing A Song Fighter is characterized by Karl-Jonas's melancholic and stripped down lyrics and melodies on piano and vocals. Several songs on the album have arrangements with balalaikas, accordions, saxophones, strings and choirs. The album also includes a wonderful cover version of New York trio the Roches, 'Runs In The Family'."There is a war" sounds like the most beautiful mix of Electrelanes' "The Valleys" and Jim O'Rourke's' "Women of the World". Karin Nerman "It's a Party", is one of this year's most subtle and touching pop balladsand the extraordinary single release 'There is a War in Almost Every Corner' with it's light arrangements and sunrise echoing chorus, should be able to attract all fans of Belle & Sebastian, The Hidden Cameras and Jens Lekman." Erik Augustin Palm, Sonic