The album's seemingly brief tracklisting belies a work of great beauty and depth, and one which turned into a one-man crusade for singer/guitarist Lars Andersson, intertwining deeply personal stories with his love for the era of Romanticism. "Every time I go to a museum and I'm about to pass through the era of Romanticism I stop in awe," says Lars of the enduring appeal of the 18th century artistic movement. "Whatever it is - stories, paintings, music - it triggers something deep within me, something profoundly human. It really hits a nerve, and it utterly immerses me to a point where I can't move." The album replicates this feeling; a gloriously over-the-top blend of Slowdive and Sigur Rós, mixed with the single-mindedness of Daniel Johnston and the ... mehr lesen