Taken by Trees, 'Open Field' (Rough Trade)

Without the young and old folks, chanteuse lacks friends.

After four albums with the Concretes, Swedish gamine Victoria Bergsman departed for the inevitable solo project; instead, her hollowed-out, achin'-to-be vocals added a rueful drone to Peter Bjorn and John's "Young Folks." Now, with minimalist production from Bjorn and John, Bergsman's new work has an introspective solitude -- wisps of mandolin, sparse coils of marimba, all-thumbs pianos, drunken xylo­phone. While her voice gave a certain gravitas to the Concretes' Spector-ish parade, here she confesses: "I don't wanna be left standing alone / Without a hand to hold." 

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