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This Year's Model is the solo project that never came to be.
It started when I was offered a solo deal with legendary independent
label Marsh Marigold. I quickly recorded and released an EP
late 2005. But at the time of recording my solo plans had been
shelved and replaced by a full band. I have surrounded myself
with the best of people I know: long time friend and musical
partner Henric Strömberg, the best and most talented girl
in the world Ylva Lindberg, and the man that used to be in the
Morons, the highly accomplished Mattias Svensson.
Now, This Year's Model present you with our first album, The
Clock Strikes Ten. A quite crime novel-esque, don't you think.
So we invited three of our sources of inspiration to write something
in that vein to the booklet; Dickon Edwards, Vic Godard and
Jessica Griffin. Amazingly, they all agreed. So, the booklet
to this album (beautifully packaged in a digipak sleeve with
a 20-page booklet by clever design agency Une
Esthétique Nouvelle) is really a terrific cultural
artefact in its own right.
But musically then, is it any good? Well, This Year's Model
are smugly pleased with this record, anyway. Bid from Scarlet's
Well is on it—reciting, singing and playing wonderful
guitars on O, Heaven Help My Foolish Heart. And Louise from
Don't be a Stranger, sharing writing credits and playing lead
guitar on Picture This Ended. The fifteen tracks span from jangly
guitars to sweet pianos; via one or two slightly weird harpsichords.
We think it's splendid. Hope you will like it too.
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