SWAMPED WITH A FRIEND IN TOWN, TWO COLLEGE COURSES, EDITING FOR ONE MAGAZINE AND WRITING FOR ANOTHER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT MIGHT BE A FEW DAYS! SORRY!
Back in 1997, right before Swedish pop producers took a teen girl named Britney Spears to the top of the charts, there was Robyn. Everything about the bleached blonde's success at the time (with a hit called "Show Me Love") screamed one hit wonder. After some rumored disputes with her label, she fell off the radar all together and started working on her followup, "Robyn," which just hit the States a few weeks ago.
Even after reading rave reviews for the album from all the top music critics, I shied away -- then I saw her perform on David Letterman.
From that moment on I was hooked. Always one to recommend music to my friends (obnoxious, I know), I haven't been able to stop raving about the album for the past three weeks. It's the perfect careless summer album which can be played all the way through (a rare feat for any pop album these days that seem to be a handful of great singles with a lot of buffer). The album leads off with "Konichiwa Bitches" and doesn't stop delighting from there. Check it out!
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