Marit Larsen album preview, day one: "The Chase"

[koganbot]

Marit Larsen has started previewing her new album one song per day on her MySpace:

First one up, "The Chase": Blithe kiddie-cabaret piano, her voice a cheerful chirp, the lyrics contrastingly bitter ("With you it's about the chase/You're not gettin' anythin' from me"). Unexpected swell of sound in the chorus, country-style instruments - harmonica and mandolin - with lyrics a country audience would respond well to, though tune and delivery aren't remotely trying to be country. (Don't know if there's much of a country audience in Norway, anyway.)

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[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

Actually country music is quite popular in Scandinavia, at least compared to the UK where it has a bit of a joke status. There is a Swedish pop-country artist called Jill Johnson, but she has become more of a typical schlager-pop singer lately as she is a past winner of Melodifestivalen.