Taken By Trees - Lost & Found - mp3 review
August 28th, 2007 r8e8rcomSaw this guy on the train yesterday that looked exactly like Peter from Family Guy. Round features, think glasses, crooked smirk. I immediately associated this real human being with that bumbling cartoon character. I couldn’t help staring at him. Thinking how I wanted to tell him how much I enjoyed his work. Then I thought, well maybe this guy is really a crazed psycho serial killer that makes himself look like Peter from Family Guy to lure his victims in. “Hey guys, look at me! I’m a harmless, well-intentioned idiot. I’m funny, right, and I’m a nice guy”. Then, just when you least expect it, BAM, he whips out a chainsaw and chops you to pieces.
Taken By Trees is ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman’s new project. Victoria was singer and songwriter for that all-girl outfit for eleven years up until deciding to leave her bandmates Maria Eriksson and Lisa Milbergin in July of last year. You may just recognise Victoria’s voice from Peter Bjorn & John’s infectious Young Folks single (Keith, don’t act like you don’t love that fucking song, whistling and all). Victoria has decided to follow her instincts and record a debut album of her own. Aided and abetted by fellow Peter, Bjorn & John co-horts Bjorn Yttling on various instruments and string arrangements and John Eriksson on all ‘very personal’ percussion instruments, marimba and vibraphone. The album also features guitar by Andreas Soderstrom, plus Verity Susman from Electrelane, who provided piano arrangements as well as backing vocals. Victoria and Bjorn produced the album together.
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