recently i was sent some music from sweden’s tobias froberg‘s 2nd album *somewhere in the city* and decided to take a listen. i was taken back at first… as i truly enjoyed one of the songs — love & misery — this doesnt always happen very often. his collaboration with ane brun is one of the prettiest and most painful tracks ive heard all summer long. the way her voice mixes with his, its truly magical.

this is true i am fragile just like you
you and me, we are love & misery

through simple acoustic guitar patterns, tobias produces a similar sensitivity throughout the entire rest of his music. its almost like secretly reading an old dark journal that is so sad, it becomes beautiful. the new release *somewhere in the city* will be available in the usa thru cheap lullaby and in the UK on poptones.

in 2005, tobias froberg’s debut *for elizabeth wherever she is* won sweden’s singer-songwriter album of the year. his good friend, jose gonzalez won the year before.

she doesnt want to save the world
she just wants to be remembered
grace
[from for elizabeth wherever she is]

a picture, a playlist & message sent from annie

we’re constantly changing!!! everyday a bit of us dies gracefully, and then we crunch on the leaves beneath our feet….and it’s releasing, because the old fades away, and the new opens an ecstatic door….

Music creates universes inside of my heart when I listen I can actually feel new dimensions of stars inside of me, it’s a melting of emotions happening …ecstatic joy at times… and a hard to touch melancholy.

In the Morning of the Magicians ~ The Flaming Lips

As the World Falls Down ~ David Bowie

The Carnival is Over ~ Dead Can Dance

Unemployed in Summertime ~ Emiliana Torrini

Tomorrow Never Knows ~ The Beatles

nowadays, when i stumble into the local record store just to buy myself a lil new music purchase — it absolutely means everything to me. when i was young, naive and was able to afford more than 10 albums a month, it was complete indulgence. most were listened to more obsessively than others as i handled them like a deck of playing cards, while the scattered few that really didnt make the cut, sat back non-scratched in my cd book.

on july 11th, thom yorke of radiohead released his own album *the eraser*. last week, i excitedly drove to the music store to go buy this, feeling as if i was sixteen all over again. “oh man. where is it? where is it?” trying to remember the alphabet “t – u – v – w – x – Y – z” … as soon as i saw the familiar cover we’ve all been secretly anticipating for the past few months, i knew i had struck gold.

a rush to my car and when i carefully opened up the packaging, the greatest smile spread across my lips. to see this accordion style layout of hypnotic black & white lines, all in itself, this is creativity in its finest. a lil drive to nowhere in particular just in time to catch a sunset fade along with the sound. all i could think was how wonderful, with my last purchase of tool‘s 10,000 days and now this… to go and have this amazing beautiful artwork inside of my hands from my favorite musicians keeps me going. its all about the lil things really.

of course, i feel that this special new release, may take some time to give the proper review… however, back when i listened to those first beginning tracks, i couldn’t help but feel it. with each rush from the tone of thom’s lyrics and the tie that somehow makes you feel as if every word makes perfect sense, pulls me to another level that reminds me of just why i love music as much as i do.

you ever notice how sometimes music immediately pertains to the flow & direction of yr mood? it can make you feel happier, calm yr sadness or make you feel more powerful than ever. i had a dream after experiencing *the eraser*, an overwhelming motivation came over me. full of new changes in my own world, every lil electronic piece made me believe as if i was alone inside of an airport on one of those moving walkways. going towards the beat, my thoughts were erased and all i wanted to do was keep on walking. to keep on striving. keep on breathing. i kept on thinking the hell with anyone else who tries to strike and take me down with them. im about to board that plane and im taking off. by myself, the future is now, it really is.

time is running out
for us

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