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***Idiot Kid is Linus Lutti (guitar and lead vocals) and Ann-Sofie Lundin (piano, organ and backing vocals). Together they create ornamented and mysterious pop music, dark and tender at the same time. This is their debut album. It is a most appealing and relevant contribution emerging from the wide pop scene in Sweden, in loveliness on par with the holy bodies made by Loney Dear, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Jose Gonzalez. Idiot Kid blend sounds of folk, rock and blues but most of all their music is their very own. In the universe of Idiot Kid, the quiet and glistening are as vivid as the tempered and regretful. Linus voice is raspy and self-exposing, vulnerable. His guitar playing manages to stitch together the elements of finger picking, dreamy melodies and tearing chords with an aggressive and awaiting double bass, echoing pianos with a lonely trumpet, a harmonium or a mandolin. The brilliant production of the Darkness in Our House is that of Johan Berthling (Tape, The Tiny etc.). His naked arrangements provide a dimension that is rare amongst produced pop albums of today. The soundscapes in the songs are built up with swirling frequencies and roars, making one aware that the songs have elements of an eno-esque sense of the importance of detail and entirety. The music/songs itself, reminds of such diverse names as Will Oldham and Colin Blunstone, Tindersticks and Vetiver. But there is always something else behind that, a je ne sais quoi that makes these references nothing more than just so. This is part of the uniqueness that is so striking about Idiot Kid. Other contributors include Lars Skoglund (Laakso, Moneybrother), Ola Hultgren (Sound of Music, Loney Dear and Nicolai Dunger), Tomas Hallonsten (Tape, Exploding Costumer), the violinist Lisa Rydberg and Slottet's own soon-to-be superstar Jean-Louis Huhta. 30-second MP3 excerpts: Darkness In Our House
Letting Go
Death Will Come
Go To Sleep
The Light Is What You Saw
Last Breath
All I'm Not
My Love
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