Song of the week this week comes from a Swede that a lot of you will be familiar with – HRH Lena Philipsson! Over the last year or so she’s taken a break from being simply ‘Lena Philipsson’ and has been touring with long time collaborator, Orup (he wrote her 2004 Eurovision entry ‘It Hurts’), under the guise of Lena & Orup. The show was a bigger success than either anticipated and an album is being released this week by Lena & Orup, called ‘Dubbel’. Lead single ‘Nu Nar Du Gatt’ went to number one in Sweden and went down a storm when played at scandipop last month! Our song of the week though goes to an album track from ‘Dubbel’ called ‘1 Skal’. It’s a track sung entirely by Lena, without any Orup vocals. It follows the same sixties pastiche formula of the rest of the album, but is instantly a standout track. Lots of tinkering pianos, catchy drum beats, and seductive strings. N
ot to mention Lena’s usual captivating vocal performance.
Personally, we can’t wait until Lena goes back to releasing pure pop music. But the Lena & Orup project has been a pleasant enough distraction until then, they both seem to be enjoying it an awful lot, and so far it’s been rather successful for them.
