The Beautiful Mistake’s first full-length is warmly-produced by Ed Rose, and combines the noodly stuff with passionate/reaching vocals that are the highlight.
Depressed? Planning to spend the night alone with a bottle of wine? Then Comes the Sun, the third album by Italy’s pop sensation Elisa, is a perfect companion.
The Cardigans’ vocalist Nina Persson released a solo album as A Camp in 2001. It has yet to be released Stateside, but the UK release isn’t hard to find.
The songs sound much more complete, like he spent time on every element. His writing style, doesn’t sound dated, no matter how reminiscent of his glory days.
Najwa Nimri shares Björk’s fondness for live strings, most of these songs featuring violin, viola, and cello. A superbly-produced electronic pop masterpiece.