{"id":31103,"date":"2014-06-23T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=31103"},"modified":"2014-06-23T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T14:23:28","slug":"lykke-li-i-never-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2014\/06\/23\/lykke-li-i-never-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Lykke Li-I Never Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Swedish singer songwriter Lykke Li masters the art of cathartic expression<\/strong><!--more-->Swedish singer songwriter Lykke Li masters the art of cathartic expression when one\u2019s heart is broken on this luminous indie pop record. It\u2019s a very deep, heavy, serious album. It\u2019s beautiful and slightly depressing. That being said, it is still a pop album. It has big melodic choruses perfect for singing along to. The best example of this is the single \u201cNo Rest for the Wicked\u201d. This track has an instant likeability and catchiness to it yet is pure poetry. \u201cNever Gonna Love Again\u201d is my personal favorite. Li\u2019s voice is vulnerable and dripping with emotion. The lyrics are not only direct but finite. She basically pours her heart out in one brief swirl of lush piano and subtle percussion. \u201cGunshot\u201d is yet another \u201cupbeat\u201d emotional piece of her heart. With lyrics referencing cancer and poison it\u2019s not for the light hearted. \u00a0In \u201cLove Me Like I\u2019m Not Made of Stone\u201d Li lets her sadness truly shine with stripped down vocals accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Perhaps Li\u2019s biggest accomplishment is not coming across as weak. She has obviously loved deeply and lost but she isn\u2019t to be pitied. This album is very well crafted and can be enjoyed even if your heart hasn\u2019t just been smashed into a million pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended if you like<\/strong> The Xx, Bat for Lashes, and Feist<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Emilie Stafford on 5\/31\/14<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish singer songwriter Lykke Li masters the art of cathartic expression<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":971,"featured_media":31104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3230,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lykke-Li-I-Never-Learn-2014-1200x1200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}