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Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing

There are only two tracks on Peter Bjorn and John’s latest album that’ll remind you a whole lot of those radio-friendly songs on 2006′s “Young Folks”-spawning Writer’s Block (one of which features a chorus of “Hey, shut the fuck up, boy! / You’re starting to piss me off!”, meaning you probably won’t hear it on the radio any time soon) but you probably won’t miss them much: Living Thing is icier and much more concerned with complex, 80′s style dance beats than surf-y guitar riffs, but there’s still a whole lot of sunny pop here to warm you up – particularly on the whimsical “Blue Period Picasso”, the Vampire Weekend-reminiscent “I Want You!” and the just-damn-perfect title track.

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Peter Bjorn and John – Seaside Rock

Peter Bjorn and John – Seaside Rock

September 23, 2008
Almost Gold/Star Time International
Rating: 1.5 / 5

The Music Rag One Sentence Review: Great – if overplayed – “Young Folks” pop band doing an instrumental concept album thing with interspersed bits of Swedish spoken word = Boring, indulgent, and ultimately very forgettable.

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