{"id":24605,"date":"2023-02-05T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=24605"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:45:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:45:06","slug":"album-review-richard-ohrn-sounds-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/05\/album-review-richard-ohrn-sounds-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Richard \u00d6hrn \u2013 Sounds in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24606\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/richard_ohrn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/richard_ohrn.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/richard_ohrn-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/richard_ohrn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Some of the best and most inventive pop has come out of Sweden. Tages, for example, were never well-known in the US, but they made some sterling music. Much more recently, The Greek Theatre have taken the classic pop values of the UK and America, recasting them in their own style. Arvidson &amp; Butterflies have done much the same, while working in the comparatively narrow musical lane of power pop.<\/p>\n<p>Richard \u00d6hrn is part of that movement as well. His style is wide-encompassing, channeling Merseybeat one moment (\u201cSeal Your Move\u201d) and lilting Welsh\/British folk the next (\u201c5<sup>th<\/sup> Month Announcement\u201d). And ten he rocks out with the chiming and soaring janglepop of \u201cTime\u2019s Not Running Out.\u201d Then it\u2019s romantic and soulful baroque pop (\u201cThe Coolest Manners\u201d) followed by a song in the best tradition of Simon and Garfunkel (\u201cSomeone to Forgive You\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><i>Sounds in English<\/i> is supremely eclectic, with each song existing as a full-formed musical statement. But the whole thing hangs together cohesively. That shouldn\u2019t be surprising, since \u00d6hrn plays and sings pretty much everything you\u2019ll hear on the album. He\u2019s a strong songwriter with a well-tuned sense of how to craft arrangements that showcase those songs in the best possible light. The shimmering tones of \u201cTake This Bottle\u201d draw the listener in; the music works on a surface just-enjoy-it level, and closer listening yields its own rewards.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6hrn traffics is subtlety on \u201cEvery Shade,\u201d a sweet tune reminiscent of early \u201870s Paul McCartney balladry. \u201cI Choose You\u201d builds on some of the Brill Building pop values. The country twinge of \u201cCould Have Loved you More\u201d is a stylistic left-turn, but it\u2019s so well executed that it works. \u201cIf I Could Read Your Mind\u201d has the feel of a Harry Nilsson tune, albeit sung through a distorted mic: weird but effective in its own way. And the chamber pop of \u201cSpanish Moon\u201d takes things yet somewhere else. <i>Sounds in English<\/i> is a kind of musical pop travelogue, and it\u2019s an enjoyable excursion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best and most inventive pop has come out of Sweden. Tages, for example, were never well-known in the US, but they made some sterling music. 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