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This record is so pretty. Sorry, I can't think of a deeper thinker of an opener here. But that's 'cause that's precisely what this record is: pretty. And not just an average kind of pretty; more of a "you're so pretty it's hard to look at you" pretty. Wow, I'm using the word "pretty" so much, it's started to take on a new ring... pretty, pretty. 'Tis indeed.

Dominated mostly by breakup songs — with the exception of the mortality-questioning title track and the frustrated-with-modern-life "Weekends" — Let There Be Morning is a warm, albeit teary, Sunday album, or the record that exaggerates your need to wallow in self-pity post-breakup.

Strung with just the right amounts of room-filling tearjerkers (lilting keys and strings), the record is likely to raise a lump in your throat, or at least make you feel fuzzy inside and go "awww" at its prettiness. The melodies are sweet and accessible. The cooing lead vocals are so soft and delicate, it's as if they are breathing right down your ear canal, caressing your romantic self.

But listen closely, and you'll see Sweden's The Perishers are not all rainbows-and-puppies pretty. Lead singer/songwriter and guitarist/pianist Ola Kluft unabashedly shares the darker late-night moments of his life. "One may think/ We're all right/ But we need pills/ To sleep at night/ We need lies/ To make it through the day/ We're not OK," Kluft concedes alongside guest vocalist Sara Isakson on the raw, heart-wrenching "Pills."

And he has no qualms about being honest with emotion and heartbreak. "I'm having trouble sleeping/ You're jumping in my bed/ Twisting in my head/ Leave me," Kluft moans on the intimate and achy "Trouble Sleeping." "I'm having trouble breathing/ You're sitting on my chest/ I sure could use the rest/ Leave me."

It's also irresistibly easy to identify with his pain on the infectious "My Heart," which pairs desperate lyrics with upbeat beats. "It's my heart you're stealing/ It's my heart you take/ It's my heart you're dealing with/ And it's my heart you'll break."

Let There Be Morning is so pretty, I can hardly stand to look, even though I do — again and again and again. On most Sundays anyway.


by Jenny Tatone




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