Tobias Froberg reviewed
Tobias Froberg
Somewhere In The City
(Cheap Lullaby)
Swede singer-songwriter Tobias Froberg channels Paul Simon and Sondre Lerche on his cheery debut.
Even on the heartbroken Gram/Emmylou-styled duet “Love And Misery” with Ane Brun, Froberg’s smile is unshakable, a golden reverbration punctuating the air. Unfortunately it’s not enough for Somewhere In The City. While opener “When The Night Turns Cold” and later the title track have a cool naivete about them, something about Froberg doesn’t translate even if he is singing in English. The woeful “The Features Of A Human Face” offers “She touched my very soul” (shudder), and “Oh My Love” might aspire to José González or Nick Drake but Euro-camp isn’t a good part of the equation.
— Steve Forstneger
Appearing: September 22nd at Double Door in Chicago.
I love this guy. I found him on blog about a month ago and bought the CD off itunes this week. It’s easily one of my favorites of the year. Anyone can go to http://www.myspace.com/tobiasfroberg to hear more and make sure to buy the record and support indie music. f
Same here, I heard about it at some blog and it’s one of my fav discs right now. He’s touring with Teitur and Tina Dico, it’s gonna be sick.