This is Linda Sundblad. She is Swedish and unsurpringly makes fantastic pop music.
I'm late on the case here. The poplogsphere was bubbling with this girl last week with the excellent Sounds of Sweden doing a detailed review of her debut solo album Oh My God. In fact I didn't even like Back In Time, the first song I heard from the album, with it's messy English '16 and still virgin' lyrics. But now, now everything fits.
Linda is the former lead vocalist of Swedish rock outfit Lambretta, who admittedly I've never heard of. But this album is pure pop. Lead single Oh Father glides along simply and makes me childlishly giggle at "oh father i've been touching myself and I'm sorry" every time I hear it. And the true standout of an excellent album is the midtempo Lose You - a light poppy vocal over a very New Order bassy sounding chorus.
This album is so good, I think I'm going to physically purchase it. And if that's not a positive recommendation I don't know what is.
Download - Lose You / Check myspace / Buy Oh My God!
Lambretta were actually brilliant - look up Bimbo on YouTube! It was written by Max Martin and released a few yrs ago, an early sign of the rock-pop greatness that came into bloom with Since U Been Gone, 4ever etc. in the past couple of yrs.
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