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  • Issued : 10 Mar 2008

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : CR08101
Format : CD Label : Cosmos
Issued : 10 Mar 2008 Item sourced from : Sweden
Number of Discs : 1

Song Inside My Head A Demon In My Bed

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  • CD   AUS Edition   ¥2,792   AUS Import   Released: 07 Jul 2008  

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Even down to their choice of a female name in the band's moniker, Swedish indie rockers Oh, Laura have a lot in common with long-running Dutch alt-rockers Bettie Serveert. Oh, Laura features a female singer (not named Laura, but Frida Ohrn) with a distinctive, slightly hoarse tone that occasionally recalls Bettie Serveert's Carol van Dyk (and, more surprisingly, '70s folk-pop icon Melanie, especially on the starkly emotional Release Me), in front of a band that comfortably mixes acoustic, country-tinged elements with their fuzzy electric indie pop. At times the country side dominates, as on the twangy ballad Out of Bounds and the skeletal, intimate Thunderbird Motel, which veers into Lucinda Williams territory. But for most of the awkwardly titled A Song Inside My Head, A Demon in My Bed, Oh, Laura skillfully blend more subtle Nashville-style elements into their low-key indie pop tunes, as on the dramatic single A Call to Arms and the slinky Black 'n' Blue, which incorporates a Calexico-style spaghetti western percussion part. The album's one possible flaw is that even though all of the album's yearning and heartfelt ballads are extremely well constructed and perfectly realized, a few more uptempo songs would shake things up a bit. Even the resolutely midtempo Fine Line boosts the album's energy level around the halfway point, and just one or two more jolts like that would potentially turn a very good debut into a great one. [A ten-track version was also released.] ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi

Credits

Andreas Forsman(Violin),  Erik Arvinder(Violin),  Frida Ohrn(Vocals),  Jocke Olovsson(Guitar (Electric)),  Jocke Olovsson(Keyboards),  Jocke Olovsson(Piano),  Jorgen Kjellgren(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Magnus Jonsson(Trumpet),  Magnus Olsson(Drums),  Magnus Olsson(Percussion),  Rikard Lidhamn(Bass),  Anna Landberg Dager(Cello),  Frida Ohrn(Harmonica),  Jocke Olovsson(Melodica),  Jocke Olovsson(Various),  Henrik Edenhed(Engineer),  Henrik Edenhed(Producer),  Jakob Myrman(Engineer),  Jocke Olovsson(Engineer),  Jocke Olovsson(Producer),  Henrik Edenhed(Mixing),  Jakob Myrman(Assistant Engineer),  Jocke Olovsson(Programming),  Kent Gillstrom(Executive Producer),  Robert Hadley(Mastering),  Henrik Edenhed(Audio Production),  Johan Rude(A&R)

Songs

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    1
    Call to Arms  (03:12)
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    2
    It Ain't Enough  (03:34)
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    3
    Release Me  (03:16)
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    4
    Black N' Blue  (04:11)
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    5
    Fine Line  (03:44)
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    6
    Raining in New York  (04:18)
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    7
    Out of Bounds  (03:02)
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    8
    Killer on the Road  (03:54)
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    9
    Mess You Left Behind  (03:13)
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    10
    Thunderbird Motel  (02:48)
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    11
    Friend Like Me

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