Trentemøller - Johnny Boy
A looping melody and Anika’s deadpan delivery make “Johnny Boy” a mesmerizing pop moment on Trentemøller’s new album.
After featuring “Terrified” as a Song Pick of the Day, I was happy to find Anika among the voices on Trentemøller’s new self-titled album. With ten songs to choose from, “Visceral” and the opener “Swerve” were both tempting, but I kept coming back to “Johnny Boy.” Anika’s deadpan delivery brings Kraftwerk to mind, giving the song a cool center as its repeated thoughts and melodies draw you in. It’s one of the album’s more pop-leaning moments: upbeat, inviting, and easy to sing along with.
For the first time, Trentemøller has included vocals on every track of an album, treating them as “an extra instrument” to play with. His own description of this record sets the scene:
“The noisy got noisier, the dreamy got dreamier, the melodic got even more melodic. I was ruthless this time. Okay, kill your darlings! If a track didn’t give me a feeling of freedom, wanderlust, sorrow, love or that pure ‘I don’t give a fuck’ feeling … It was gone,”
On “Johnny Boy,” Anika’s distinctive delivery and Trentemøller’s playful repetition make for a particularly inviting reason to press play.
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