After an excursion in the more ambitious produced returns of Sweden lately most acclaimed, young man’s voice now to the stripped-down format. Ep:n ”The purgatory sessions” contains five newly recorded versions of songs from Albin Lee Meldaus fjolårsdebut ”About you”. The producer is the briton Cam Blackwood, who has worked with numerous artists whose style is close to the trettioettårige göteborgarens, such as George Ezra.
t Meldau in an acoustic, sketchy environment, with song in full center of the city. For those who enjoyed the Mando Diaos Fröding-interpretations, or prior to that of a singer/songwriter Ryan Adams is the expression familiar and perhaps even welcome. But for those who would like to see something new is put on the table is ”The purgatory session” not much to bother about. For such ears is Albin Lee Meldau still just a guy with a guitar, and more to prove.
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