Magnet – The Simple Life

This album is rather unusual. It didn’t really grab me,sadly. Norwegian Evan Johansen,good looking and with just a passing resemblance somewhere to Ricky Martin(La Vida Loca)croons his way through ten songs about life and lost love.

He is a folksy Morten Harket,and a big star in his homeland. I found these tracks rather sickly sweet. Even the earlier 2004 cover of Dylan’s beautiful “Lay Lady Lay” failed to excite and move me.

Not really my type of sound.

By Juliet Robertson