MP3: Kristofer Åström - Conjure me
Look ahead, look behind. Kristofer Åström's "Rainawaytown" easily topped last year's top 10 list and he's been in the studio working on a follow-up and I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up on my best of 2009 list. Long-range thinking, I know, but I stand by it. As to what this new record will sound like, I can't speculate, but I know he's working with the Rainaways again as a backing band, so it probably won't differ too much. I just hope that Kristofer is in a happier place nowadays because "Rainawaytown" is dark dark dark. Even seemingly upbeat songs like "Conjure me" are imbued with sadness, to say nothing of tracks such as "The dark" (obviously). So Kris, if you need to get away, you're more than welcome to come here and chill out. I'll fix up the guest room in the attic, though it might take the dogs a few days to adjust. We've got some of the same overcast gloom here in Oly as in Göteborg, but it doesn't get quite as cold and the pace of life is much, much slower. And hey, if you don't need it, all the better. I'm sure our paths will cross again soon, one way or another.
Kristofer Åström - Conjure me