Jeres.

Sincerely Yours has been absolutely insane with new releases this month. The latest is Jonas Game’s new single, Fish and Shark. This is what I like best about Jonas Game: if you’re not really paying attention, it sounds like he’s singing in Swedish. (He’s not. It’s English.) Maybe that’s not the best explanation of his sound, so here’s the other thing I like best: he gasps all the time. When other singers do this, it often sounds kind of terrible; when Jonas Game does it, it sounds like just another part of the song. It’s very fitting.

Fish and Shark, like the previous single (ADHD) is poppy, but not in the unpleasant, saccharine way -- in the Sincerely Yours way. I have no idea why the song is called Fish and Shark, but I guess titles don’t matter compared to what the songs sound like.

Also released on Sincerely Yours this week was a 6-track album by Air France. You can listen to one of the songs (Collapsing At Your Doorstep) on the podcast, along with Fish and Shark and some others.

Spillelisten:
1. I’d Rather Dance with You – Kings of Convenience (N)
2. Hounds of Love – the Futureheads
3. Long Lost Penpal – Hello Saferide (SV)
4. Crackdown – Kaspar Hauser
5. Stars – Port Friendly (DK)
6. Collapsing At Your Doorstep – Air France (SV)
7. Happy Healthy Lucky Month – Saint Jude’s Infirmary
8. Fish and Shark – Jonas Game (SV)
9. You Don’t Dance – Lupus (DK)
10. Hard to Realize – Anamia (DK)
11. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
12. Am I Wry? No – Mew (DK)
13. Annie Laurie – the Radio Dept. (SV)

If you read Danish -- or even if you’d just like to listen to a few songs and/or watch a few videos -- Emodreng & Indiepige has a pretty nice post on the Sincerely Yours releases, too.

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Ashtrays Podcast (30. maj 2008)
Fish and Shark (Jonas Game)