“I want to give you this/ And ask for nothing in return,” declares Christian Kjellvander at the beginning of his tenth studio record. The generosity is not flirtatious: the Swede cultivates unconditional devotion without looking at the price tag or return options. He elegiacly cultivates his timeless, midnight blue emotional watercolors, as well as his vocal affinity with Nick Cave, Bill Callahan and a dark Chris Isaak.
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The brocaded heaviness of its similarly monumental predecessor, “About Love And Loving Again” (2020), has transformed into a tightly embracing euphony – without losing any of its melancholic depth. “Hold Your Love Still” philosophizes about capitalism, intimacy and the future. This one sounds golden.
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