SOUNDTRACK: FREDRIK-Tiny Desk Concert #57 (May 3, 2010).
Fredrik are a Swedish band. They were a duo, then a sextet and then a duo again. In this concert, they are in that duo state–Fredrik Hultin on vocals and guitar and Ola Lindfelt on electronics and percussion.
Their then new release was a dark album called Trilogi and was just the two of them. They play two songs from that album and one form their debut.
“Ner” is quite dark, with the whispery vocals and the minor chord progression. The simple thudding drum beat also keeps the song somewhat ominous. Speaking of the drummer, he is using a microphone (into which he later whistles) as a drumstick (he hits the cymbal with it later). But his main “drumstick” is a maraca.
“Locked in the Basement” is a bit louder but with the same percussion set up. It maintains that ominousness (just see the title of song). Although in the middle it quiets down to just a thumping drums and gentle guitar noises with Ola’s backing oohs.
“Black Fur” is a bit more upbeat (in the blurb Robin says it is a soaring song on their debut). It is stripped down here and it quite catchy–almost upbeat and positive. It’s quite different from the other two songs. You can hear their recorded version of it (when they were a sextet) here.
I enjoyed these songs, and wonder if Fredrik has continued as a duo in the last five years.
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